NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) – A Nashville-based energy producer and Middle Tennessee Electric are partnering to carry a 110-megawatt photo voltaic farm to Cumberland County.
Under the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Generation Flexibility Program, Silicon Ranch is partnering with MTE to finance, construct, personal, function and preserve the Copeland Solar Farm in Cumberland County.
When building on the photo voltaic farm is full in 2027, officers say it should profit greater than 750,000 Tennesseans in 11 counties and generate tens of millions of {dollars} in tax income for Cumberland County to help the native infrastructure and faculties.
“At Silicon Ranch, our primary precedence is to help stronger, more healthy, and extra resilient communities via the work we do, and this mission is completely aligned with the ethos of electrical cooperatives in America,” mentioned Matt Kisber, Co-Founder and Chairman. in Silicon Ranch. “Silicon Ranch is happy to increase this necessary work with MTE, the area’s largest co-op and an progressive utility that embraces its management position to push the Tennessee Valley ahead. We are thrilled to have alternative to make a better optimistic affect at scale proper right here at dwelling, and we thank Cumberland County for welcoming us as its latest company citizen.
According to the Solar Energy Industries Association, a solar energy plant requires 5-10 acres per megawatt of producing capability.
Copeland Solar Farm is the most important photo voltaic facility in Silicon Ranch, serving an area Tennessee Valley electrical firm.
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