wiredInUSA May 2017

Solar dedication

Green Power EMC and Silicon Ranch have dedicated a 52MW solar energy plant in Jeff Davis County, Georgia. The 480-acre facility uses 630,000 solar panels that track the sun fromeast to west. Silicon Ranch hired McCarthy Building Companies to construct the facility, and the energy will be purchased by 30 EMCs.

partnership between Green Power and Silicon Ranch. At a combined 72MW AC, the two projects make Jeff Davis County one of the top solar communities in the United States. Under the agreement, Silicon Ranch will own and operate the solar array, and Green Power EMC will purchase all the energy and environmental attributes it produces at cost-competitive rates over the life of the contract.

The new plant is the second in Jeff Davis County to be completed by the

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wiredInUSA - May 2017