Why would rural Delta County, Colo., say no to a solar farm that would enrich the county by millions, at roughly the same time neighboring Montrose County said yes to a solar farm that might power nothing but energy-draining cryptocurrency?
May 26, 2021 - Byron Kominek, owner of Jack’s Solar Garden, tills the soil at the farm in Longmont, Colo. Jack’s Solar Garden is a 1.2-MW, five-acre community solar farm and is the largest agrivoltaic research project in the U.S. The solar project was designed and built by Namasté Solar.
As for Guzman’s failure in Delta County, “The problem is some got political, just because it was solar,” says Delta County Commissioner Don Suppes, the sole yes vote. “We’re sending the wrong message that we don’t want people investing in Delta County,” he says. Producing electrical power from home is the holy grail of the energy transition, so Guzman’s plans seemed tailored to Delta County, a
You could say that Montrose County started with a deprived childhood. When white families forced out the Indigenous tribes and moved into Western Colorado in the late 1800s, Delta County prospered. Some came equipped, backed by Eastern money, with nothing more than pick, shovel or, if lucky, mule scrapers. They dug miles of ditches below the West Elk Mountain range that brought water down for imported fruit trees. Coal in those same mountains was found early and mined.
Right now, the two counties are neck and neck based on household income, though Montrose County is better at. Its major town, Montrose, bustles with outdoor equipment businesses and an airport favored by the resort town of Telluride.
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