$260 million Solar Park on tap for Childress?

By Ginger Wilson The Red River Sun

CHILDRESS — Childress County has been chosen as a possible site for the Misae Solar Park project, which would house 650,000 solar panels on 1,000 acres and cost an estimated $260 million to build.

The project would be one of the largest in the history of Childress County, creating 300 short-term construction jobs and 10 long-term operational jobs and would be located near the Tesla substation in Kirkland.

Photo Caption: Russell Graves for The Sun

Alejandro Oneto of McAllen, right, presented the plan for a $260,000,000 solar park farm in Childress County near the Tesla substation in Kirkland to the County Commissioners on Monday morning. The project would take a year to complete, bringing in 300 construction jobs and 10 long term jobs to the county.