Company Wants To Build Massive Solar Project in Montana This is actually a pretty cool project when you look at all the details and benefits that could stem from the overall aspect. The Verge is reporting that Atlas Power is looking to build a massive solar project in Butte, Montana that would provide 300 MW of renewable power and cost $250 million dollars. In the article Madison River Equity would build the project and then sell the whole thing to Atlas Power and hopefully use it's power for their cryptocurrency mining projects. This whole project will raise questions on solar power mining projects for cryptocurrency but this whole project has an uphill battle for this to happen. The county would have to approve a project of this size and they have already turned town a solar project like this down already and this whole solar power project will be one of the biggest in the United States. Also, residents of Butte are weary if the extra electricity will benefit Butte or be sold off elsewhere.