Skybridge Eagle Mountain Solar Farm & Green Hydrogen Project
Summary
SCH Number
2026020041
Lead Agency
Riverside County
Document Title
Skybridge Eagle Mountain Solar Farm & Green Hydrogen Project
Document Type
MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
The site has a County General Plan designation of Open-Space Rural and has an existing zoning classification of Controlled Development Areas (W-2-10).
Document Description
The Skybridge Eagle Mountain Solar Farm & Green Hydrogen Project (Project) would be located in eastern Riverside County, California. The Applicant (Skybridge Energy, LLC) would construct, operate, maintain, and decommission a green hydrogen facility consisting of five 10 MW (megawatt) electrolyzers, and a 50 megawatt (MW) solar farm on 133 acres of private land. The Project would generate green hydrogen through the use of on-site generated solar power to power the electrolyzers. The Project would consist of the following: Five 10 MW electrolyzers that would produce 7,500 kg of hydrogen per day (with the potential expansion of the electrolyzer facility to 500 MW [50, 10 MW electrolyzers total]), 35,000 kg of compressed or liquid hydrogen storage, hydrogen tube trailer loading facility, up to a 50 MW solar PV electrical generating facility, two 5,000 sq feet utility and operations buildings, including restrooms and on-site septic, and an onsite water well and water storage tank, sized in accordance with County and CalFire specifications.
Contact Information
Name
Tim Wheeler
Agency Name
Riverside County Planning Department
Job Title
Principal Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Name
Paul Carey
Agency Name
Skybridge Energy, LLC
Job Title
CEO/Project Manager
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Address
Phone
Email
Name
Vida Strong
Agency Name
Aspen Environmental Group
Job Title
Project Manager/Senior Env. Engineer
Contact Types
Consulting Firm
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Desert Center
Counties
Riverside
Regions
Countywide, Unincorporated
Cross Streets
North of Kaiser Road and East of Power Line Road
Zip
92239
Total Acres
133
Parcel #
807-130-033, 043, 045, and 807-660-023, 024
State Highways
N/a
Railways
N/a
Airports
N/a
Schools
N/a
Waterways
N/a
Township
4S
Range
15E
Section
16
Base
San Bern
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Inland Deserts Region 6 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 8 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Energy Commission, California Fish and Game Commission (CDFGC), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Colorado River Basin Region 7 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Colorado River Board, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 20, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance
Development Types
Other (Hydrogen Production; 50 MW of electrolyzers), Power:Solar (Megawatts 50)
Local Actions
Use Permit, Development Agreement
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire
Public Review Period Start
Public Review Period End
Attachments
Draft Environmental Document [Draft IS, NOI_NOA_Public notices, OPR Summary Form, Appx,]
Notice of Completion [NOC] Transmittal form
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