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Environews: Utah gets utility-scale solar

By Amy Brunvand

-Amy Brunvand

In another first, Utah’s first utility-scale solar power plant has opened on private land near Parowan. The project was built by Scatec Solar, a Norwegian company, and the power produced will be sold to Rocky Mountain Power.

More January 2016 Environews:

Another wolf killed in Utah

$14 million for misguided effort to privatize public lands

Utah national park visitation soars

Utah air quality problem, “serious nonattainment”

Lake Powell pipeline a costly water boondoggle

This article was originally published on January 11, 2016.