Located 70 miles southwest of Phoenix, Gila Bend has become a preferred location for sustainable development, and particularly solar development, due to the town’s abundance of sunny days, infrastructure and strong political support.
Highly Accessible Location
Gila Bend is strategically located at the intersection of SR-85 and I-8 for access to Greater Phoenix, and California and Mexico.
Top-Performing Industries
Gila Bend has received accolades from the U.S. Department of Energy and the White House for its cutting-edge solar processes.
Connectivity to Your Consumers
Gila Bend is near the Union Pacific Railroad mainline, which connects ports in Los Angeles to the Eastern United States.
$28M
The town has invested over $28 million in recent upgrades to infrastructure.
Source: Town of Gila Bend
280MW
Home to one of largest concentrating solar power plants in the world with an output capacity of 280 MW.
Source: Power Technology
367MW
Gila Bend houses five solar power plants producing 367MW of solar energy.
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