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