A company dedicated to advancing sustainable farming practices in the West has announced plans to develop two solar projects on around 7,500 acres of land on the far east side of Colorado.
Crossroads Agriculture, which is a subsidiary of the Delray Beach, Florida-based Soloviev Group, wants to build what will be more than one gigawatt of photovoltaic solar energy on land it already owns not far from the small statuary town of Haswell.
In a press release issued by the company it is noted that the solar installations in the Eastern Plains region have the potential of operating for “approximately 30 years, which allows the farmland and groundwater aquifer below to rest and regenerate.”
The two solar projects will be done in conjunction with a subsidiary of NextEra Resources LLC.
In a statement, Stefan Soloviev, Crossroads Agriculture chairman, said that the two planned solar projects are “another step in our commitment to renewable energy.”
Continued Soloviev: “We already have more than 30 wind turbines operating in New Mexico, with another 40 to be built in 2024 on Crossroads ground in Colorado, with hundreds more anticipated in the years to come.”
Crossroads Agriculture was launched in 1999. In the decades since, the company has operated up to 400,000 acres of ranch and farmland not only in Colorado, but also Kansas, New Mexico, and New York. According to the publication Kiowa County Independent, Soloviev is regarded as “one of the top 100 landowners in the country.”
By Garry Boulard
