-January 24,2020-
New 40MWH energy storage project near NAS Lemoore
More renewable energy projects are coming to Kings County near NAS Lemoore.. The latest project to be heard by the Kings Planning Commission in April will be able to deliver 10 megawatts of power for up to four continuous hours, resulting in a capacity of 40 megawatt-hours of stored energy available for grid services and system reliability. The project will consist of forty shipping containers containing six energy storage sub models with AC/DC inverters each. Underground low voltage cables will be run to a low profile, pad- mounted switchgear and then to a pad-mounted step-up transformer. The transformer will be located at the northwest corner of the parcel, where underground 12 kV cables would be routed to banks 3 and 5 of PGE’s Henrietta 12 kV substation, less than a mile to the north of the proposed site. Construction is expected to take just three months. The proposed battery energy storage facility is to be located at 16885 25th Avenue, Lemoore proposed by Lemoore Cooler, LLC.
Kings jobless rate up month over month
The EDD says the unemployment rate in the Kings County was 7.7 percent in December 2019, up from a revised 7.1 percent in November 2019, and below the year-ago estimate of 8.0 percent. This compares with an unadjusted unemployment rate of 3.7 percent for California and 3.4 percent for the nation during the same period.
NY Times offers Faraday Future’s future
“Faraday Future: Once left for dead after a splashy premiere three years ago, a planned Las Vegas factory that never got built, and a Chinese founder and funder who went bankrupt, the company is back with a new leader, the former head of Byton; new funding; and a rethought vehicle.
Where once Faraday Future advocated the “bring your own device” approach to infotainment now promoted by Canoo, the current version of the large S.U.V. will sport 11 screens in its ultra-high-end FF91.
The company claims that the FF91 will accelerate from zero to 60 in an astonishing 2.2 seconds (although it’s not clear why anyone would need to), and cost $150,000 to $200,000 when it comes out by September. If there’s demand, the company can build up to 15,000 units annually in a Hanford, Calif., plant that’s smaller than the ambitious one it abandoned in Las Vegas.
The company says it will make money at that volume by selling its hardware and software to competitors. Plans for a smaller, more affordable FF81 exist, and the company hopes to enter “preproduction” by the end of 2020.”
New home subdivision in works in Avenal
The Alvarado Group has proposed to construct a 122-lot single family residential development within the City of Avenal in the western portion of Kings County, California. The residential development would occupy approximately 18.65 acres The Project will require a General Plan Amendment, zone change, variance, and Tentative Tract Map approval.. The site would be accessed from Corcoran Avenue to the west of the Project site. The Project would connect to the City of Avenal’s water and sewer systems. The subdivision will be constructed in phases, with the first phase consisting of grading and site improvements beginning in the first quarter of 2020. The first phase is anticipated to take approximately 8 to 12 months. The second phase consists of home construction and is anticipated to begin during the second quarter of 2020 and take approximately 18 to 24 months.
City of Corcoran getting radio controlled water meters
The City of Corcoran is installing new radio-read water meters for 3,384 service connections. This will include the installation of new meters of 1,607 existing unmetered service connections and 1,777 new meters to replace existing, outdated, manually read meters. Replacement of the entire service connection may be required.
Pitman Family Farms gets approval for expanded poultry farms
The Kings County Planning Commission approved the first and second of four poultry ranch expansions in the county at their January meeting Pitman Family Farms is enlarging an existing poultry farm from170,000
chickens to include an additional 850,000 chickens, for a new total of approximately 1,020,000 chickens.
The proposed poultry farm expansion is located at the Pitman “Smith” Ranch located within the unincorporated area of Kings County at 12565 Kansas Avenue, Hanford, CA 93230, Assessor’s Parcel Number 028-220-038 and 062, which totals approximately 86 acres in size.
The project site is located on the south side of Kansas Avenue. Th approximately 3.6 miles south of the City of Hanford.
The second site approved is located at the Pitman “Enns” Ranch at 7477 Clinton Avenue, Kingsburg, CA totaling 20 acres and is 6 miles north of the City of Hanford.
Pitman Family Farms proposes to expand an existing poultry farm of approximately 170,000 chickens to include an additional 120,000 chickens, for a new total of approximately 290,000 chickens .
The other two ranches will be made public when the environmental documents are released in the next few weeks.