Greentech Lead America: Swinerton Renewable Energy has procured an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract from K Road Moapa Solar for the 250MWac solar plant.
The K Road Moapa Solar Project is located on the Moapa Paiutes’ Tribal land 30 miles northeast of Las Vegas, Nevada. It will supply power to the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) under a 25-year supply contract that will provide clean power to more than 118,000 homes. The project will be the first large-scale solar project on Tribal property.
K Road Moapa Solar has been awarded two contracts to Swinerton for the Plant, the values of which have not been disclosed.
Under the first contract, Swinerton will serve as the design-build contractor undertaking the engineering, construction and equipment procurement for the project. The second contract was executed for Swinerton to operate and maintain the solar plant for ten years with a performance generation guarantee.
“We are honored to partner with K Road Power on this ground-breaking project,” said George Hershman, vice president and division manager for Swinerton Renewable Energy. “We have immense respect for K Road Power and a long history of partnering with Tribal Reservations on construction projects.”
K Road awarded the contracts to Swinerton after a thorough and highly competitive selection process. ” K Road president Gerrit Nicholas said, “Their proven capabilities will ensure that the Project is expeditiously completed to the highest standard, while carefully considering the interests of all our partners and stakeholders.”
Swinerton has built over a dozen solar utility plants in the United States and Canada totaling over 185MWdc. In addition to building the solar plants, Swinerton’s Service Division, led by Joe Brotherton, offers comprehensive service offerings including operating and maintaining (O&M) and monitoring solutions via their proprietary software platform, SOLV.