CPS Energy signed an agreement with the OIC to build solar energy solar panels and parts of power plants in the area, providing hundreds of jobs in the area.
SAN ANTONIO – Against a backdrop of a cloudless sky Wednesday morning, CPS Energy announced a new agreement with OCI Solar Power to build solar panel parts and power plants in the area, providing 400 megawatts of power a year in addition to adding hundreds of jobs to the area.
“It’s sunny today and I think that’s also a metaphor of where San Antonio is headed,” said mayor Julian Castro at a press conference at La Villita. “I believe that what we have in San Antonio right now is a city that believes in itself, that understands that it represents the new place and the new face of the the American dream that is growing, that is on the right track.”
The announcement comes nearly a year after CPS Energy began discussions to bring more renewable energy resources to the area. Initial plans called for 50 MW of power annually but the largest municipally-owned utility shot well beyond that mark.
“We got so much interest that we decided to step back and increase the stake to 400 (megawatts) and we went through a lot of great proposals,” said Doyle Beneby, CPS Energy’s President and CEO.
The agreement also gets the city closer to the SA2020 goal of 1,500 MW of renewable energy resources a year. OCI announced it… continue reading
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