BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Kern County Board of Supervisors has approved a new solar energy project — greenlighting a venture that will generate millions of dollars in property taxes for the county.
The county supervisors approved the project in a 3-1 vote Tuesday, paving the way for the proposed project, called the “Discovery Solar PV and Storage Project” to break ground in southeastern Kern County.
The project will include building a 1,400 megawatt solar energy farm in an unincorporated area of Kern County, near Mojave. The project will also include an 8 gigawatt hour battery energy storage facility.
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The project was proposed and will be built by Terra-Gen, one of the leading renewable energy producers in the United States…