Large solar array at Sacramento International Airport lands 14 proposals

Fourteen companies are bidding to build a giant solar array for Sacramento International Airport.

“It was a very popular request,” said Laurie Slothower, media officer with the airport.

Sacramento County, which operates the airports through the Sacramento County Airport System, issued a request for proposals in the fall. The project would be installed at no cost to the public; the developer would design, build, operate, maintain, own and provide electricity to the airport under a purchase power…