SunEdison Presentation
On Monday, March 7 representatives from SunEdison held a pre-bid briefing for local contractors and other vendors to discuss opportunities for local businesses to be involved in constructing the company’s 12MW solar power project at the West Mesa Industrial Park.
SunEdison, one of the largest solar energy providers in North America, will begin construction of the solar power generation facility in Las Cruces in June, 2011 with a completion date of December, 2011. The project is expected to require 230 construction jobs for a 6-9 month period. Construction of an additional 12MW project to be located in Otero County will commence immediately after completion of the Las Cruces project.
Local opportunities include:
- Electrical – electrical contractors/electricians
- Civil – grading/access road work/surveyors/concrete work/trenching/underground boring
- Mechanical – tracker/racking assembly/welding/fencing
- Other – re-vegetation/sanitation/water & temporary facilities
Local contractors and vendors in these and other specialties are encouraged to complete the attached SunEdison Vendor Profile and return it to MVEDA by e-mail to sandi@mveda.com or by fax to (575) 523-5707. The responses will be forwarded to SunEdison. The SunEdison presentation can be downloaded by clicking on the graphic.
