wiredInUSA June 2017

Texan power supplied

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Southern Power’s 102MW Lamesa solar facility in Dawson County, Texas, has reached commercial operation. Now with three large-scale PV projects operating in the state, Southern Power has one of the largest utility-scale solar portfolios in Texas. Southern Power’s president and CEO, Buzz Miller, described the facility as “An important addition to our growing renewable fleet”.

in July 2016. Renewable Energy Systems provided full project EPC services, and serves as the operations andmaintenance contractor for the plant. The 358-hectare project comprises around 410,000 PV solar panels and is capable of generating enough power to meet the average energy needs of approximately 15,000 homes. With this latest addition, Southern Power owns more than 1.2GW of renewable generation across its wind, solar and biomass projects in Texas.

Southern Power acquired the facility from Renewable Energy Systems Americas Inc

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