Canadian Company Plans 10-megawatt Solar Farm in Oregon

BEND, Ore. (AP) — A Canadian renewable energy company is planning to create a solar farm in Oregon.

The Bend Bulletin reports  that Saturn Power Corp. of New Hamburg, Ontario, submitted a permit application to Deschutes County in November for a nearly 10-megawatt facility east near Redmond.

The plant could potentially generate enough power for about 1,500 homes a years.

County planners have requested more information from Saturn Corp. before they can consider the application complete. The company is expected to submit additions by early January.

Klamath Falls-based environmental consultant Andrea Rabe says Saturn Corp. has several renewable energy facilities in Canada, the United States and Turkey.

The application says the land was developed for agriculture but not productive because of "marginal soils."

Two similar solar farms have been approved east of Bend.