A massive solar and battery storage project may soon be going up in the eastern New Mexico village of Dora.
The Bozeman, Montana-based Gallatin Power company has said that it wants to build the project on nearly 22,000 acres just to the east of the village, which has a population of around one hundred residents, and is hoping to secure industrial revenue bonds via surrounding Roosevelt County to support the effort.
As proposed, the project would combine the building of 2,500 megawatts of solar power with another 2,500 megawatts of battery storage.
Work on what is being called the Dora Solar project, which has been talked about locally for most of this year, could begin sometime next year with an envisioned completion date of 2031.
With projects from Massachusetts to California, Gallatin advertises itself as a company “focused on building local partnerships to develop sustainable energy projects.”
Those projects, says the company on its website, are designed to “benefit the local community, landowners, and the environment.”
According to reports, Dora Solar would entail upwards of $7.5 billion in planned private investment.
November 9, 2026
By Garry Boulard
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