21 Megawatts of Solar coming to North Carolina
Daniella
August 18, 2009
Energy
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Tags: carbon, carbon dioxide, davidson county, development, duke energy, Nellis, North Carolina, Power, renewables portfolio standard, smart grid, solar energy, solar power plant
Photovoltaic by Flickr user Schwarzerkater
Duke Energy, North Carolina’s largest energy provider, plans to buy all of the output from the $173 million operation. Maryland-based Sun Edison estimates that this Davidson solar farm will be one of the biggest in the United States, larger than the 14 MW Nellis Solar Power Plant. The 21 MW facility is also significant for Sun Edison, who currently has about 67 MW installed in the US. However, on the global scale, the 21 MW facility is overshadowed by a number of Spanish farms.
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