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Strata Solar has passed one billion dollars in project investment in North Carolina, with over 65 solar facilities in 40 counties across the state. Since 2009, Strata Solar has brought 350MW of solar energy online and has helped North Carolina become the third largest state for solar installations. On 9 th October Strata staff, elected officials, solar industry advocates and land owners gathered at the Anderson

Solar Facility in Roseboro, NC to tour the installation and celebrate the investment. Markus Wilhelm, co-founder and CEO of Strata Solar, said: ”This is a really big day for Strata Solar, a company that started as a family business serving its local community. We had big dreams and wanted to make a difference in our local environment and here we are today, celebrating one billion dollars' worth of investment with utility scale projects across our entire state.”

“North Carolina is a national leader in solar energy, and companies like Strata Solar have played a big role in our past and will continue to do so in the future,” said Governor Pat McCrory, speaking at the event. Strata Solar currently has 12 projects under construction, and is forecasting to achieve its second billion dollars invested in solar projects before the end of 2016.

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