RIO RANCHO, N.M. (KRQE) – Developers are hoping to turn part of Quail Ranch’s Master plan into one of the biggest solar farms in the metro. In 2003, the City of Rio Rancho adopted Bernalillo County’s 1990 Quail Ranch master plan to create a mixed-use development site. The housing project in Rio Rancho is located near Double Eagle Airport and developers are hoping to use over 3,000 acres of unused land to construct an energy zone of solar panels.
“This is a way to put that land to beneficial use, create green energy and do it in a way that doesn’t undermine the original intent of the master plan,” said Consensus planning developer, James Strozier.
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Developers say the site will generate about 400 megawatts of renewable energy per day, allow for solar generation storage, and include a…