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First Solar Begins Construction of Campo Verde Solar Project

Benefits include 250 construction jobs, $230 million in economic activity

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

First Solar, Inc. announced it has started constructing the 139 megawatt Campo Verde Solar Project, located near El Centro in Imperial County, CA. The solar power plant is expected to be completed in 2013. Economic benefits of the project include approximately 250 construction jobs, as well as more than $230 million in new economic activity to the Imperial Valley, according to a county study. The project gained the approval it needed on Dec. 18, 2012, from the Imperial Irrigation District ...

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