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Solar farm no longer advancing

Vesper Energy pulls out of Whitman County Solar Farm

COLFAX — A solar farm project proposed to the Whitman County Planning Commission in December of last year stopped advancing in May of this year.

The solar and energy storage project through Vesper Energy, was titled Daystar Renewable Energy and was a 560-acre, 100-megawatt solar farm, with lithium-ion battery storage for five to ten acres.

Vesper Energy Community Affairs Manager Alex Rohr said that the project will no longer being advancing in Whitman County. “Utility-scale energy projects require years of research and planning to determine if a site is viable and many projects do not reach th...

 

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