Pinal County supervisors unanimously denied the Silver King Energy Center, an 8,122-acre solar and gas project near Florence Junction. The vote ends the county's largest proposed energy development.
Silver King Energy Center goes before Pinal County supervisors Feb. 18 after a 4-3 commission denial. The 8,122-acre project includes solar, battery, and gas generation.
Pinal County planners voted 4-3 to recommend denial of the 8,122-acre Silver King Energy Center. Commissioners questioned economic benefits and mixed-use plans for the $2.9 billion project.
Arevia Power subsidiary Silver King Solar has withdrawn its 12,915-acre, up to 2.2-gigawatt solar and battery project near Florence Junction, halting what would have been Pinal County’s largest renewable energy development.