Tom Dodson, president of Sundt Renewables; Gov. Spencer Cox; Luigi Resta, president of rPlus Energies; Christian Gardner, CEO of Gardner Group; and Thomas Burns, vice president of resource planning and acquisitions at PacifiCorp, take part in the groundbreaking ceremony for the Green River Energy Center in Emery County. Photo courtesy Business Wire.

Salt Lake City-based rPlus Energies, a renewable energy investment company, has broken ground on the Green River Energy Center, a 400-megawatt solar photovoltaic and 400 megawatt/1,600 megawatt-hour battery storage project in Emery County. One of the largest solar-plus-storage projects under construction in the nation, Green River Energy Center will supply power to PacifiCorp under a power purchase agreement.

“This project is being built in rural Utah, by rural Utahns and for all of Utah. When rural Utah thrives, the entire state prospers,” said Gov. Spencer Cox at the recent groundbreaking ceremony. “Today, we’re not just breaking ground, we’re building a future of Please log in to see the rest of this story.