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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”.
Southern Power acquired the facility from
Renewable Energy Systems Americas Inc
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.
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