LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - two conservation groups and a resident of California sued to stop the construction of a solar from SunPower Corp., saying that the project would be detrimental to rural wildlife, air quality and natural beauty.
San Luis Obispo County community groups common Carrizo and North County Watch and farmer and owner of a shop repair auto Michael Strobridge filed the lawsuit on May 20 in the California State Court.
In the documents of the Court, the plaintiffs said officials counties were not adequately analyzed impact the 250 megawatts in California Valley solar Ranch on the aesthetic zone, air, biological resources, noise, traffic quality, greenhouse gas emissions and agricultural resources.
Combination application be ordered the County to cancel its approval of the California Valley solar Ranch and that the project be declared illegal.
In addition to SunPower, the trial of names San Luis Obispo County, its Board of Directors of the utility of the supervisors, NRG Energy Inc., PG & E Corp. and several other defendants. NRG said last year it would buy the project, while SunPower will develop.
A spokesman for SunPower said the company does not comment on proceedings, but called the County review process "" very thorough... the Ranch solar California Valley is designed to minimize the environmental impacts and to maximize the economic benefits to the County. ""
The project was approved by the planning commission of the County in February after a series of hearings in which the five-Member Committee weighed economic and environmental benefits of the project against its impact on native species, local residents and landscape of the region.
Several challenges this approval were rejected by the Board of supervisors of the County in April.
SunPower in April received a conditional commitment for a 1.187 billion from the U.S. Department of Energy loan guarantee to finance the construction of the plant.
Project of another, larger, solar energy is also planned for the same area. Approval of firm MW Topaz Solar won 550 first solar Inc., County planning commission last month. Three calls to this approval were already filed by Strobridge, land owner Jody Stegman and a group of conservation groups, including North County Watch, common Carrizo, the Center for biological diversity and defenders of wildlife.
The Board of supervisors will consider these appeals at a hearing on July 12, according to a spokesman for the first solar.
The case to the Superior Court of California, San Luis Obispo County is Carrizo common et al. v. County of San Luis Obispo, et al., CV110314.
(Statement by Nichola Groom, editing by Dave Zimmerman)
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