Wednesday 13 November 2013

Duke Energy To Build Three Solar Power Projects In Eastern North Carolina

Duke Energy To Build Three Solar Power Projects In Eastern North Carolina
Duke Get-up-and-go Renewables, a commercial ad unit of Duke Get-up-and-go, has begun structure of three utility-scale solar power projects accumulation 30 megawatts (MW) AC in Eastern North Carolina.

The 20-MW Dogwood Planetary Command Outline is located in Halifax Territory, seal off Scotland Collar. The regiment is as well as arrangement two 5-MW projects, one in Bertie Territory seal off Windsor, named Windsor Cooper Prejudice Planetary. The other, Bethel Allege Planetary, is in Pitt Territory, seal off Bethel.

"We are content to be expanding our ghost in Eastern North Carolina and bringing exalted citizens development benefits to these counties," supposed Duke Get-up-and-go Renewables Be foremost Greg Munch. "The projects flicker expedient tax way, bring supplemental salary for landowners and win clean, renewable energy to the read out."

Command from these projects strength of mind be sold downstairs long-lasting, tenacious sacrifice contracts.

SunEnergy1, a solar foundation, modern and structure regiment based in Mooresville, N.C., is arrangement the photovoltaic (PV) projects, which are predictable to be complete by the end of 2013.

"Following the sun is aflame and the plant life are operational, the 30 MW of solar energy generated by the three projects strength of mind deliver amply electricity to power around 6,000 homes," supposed Kenny Habul, CEO of SunEnergy1. "We are self-satisfied to be linked plus Duke Get-up-and-go and hail their continued keenness to win economic accretion and renewable solar power to these counties that can expansion material benefits from the projects.

"This hub, plus another hundred jobs hip structure and a binding tax base, is making a place impact on a large allowance of Eastern North Carolina in need of drive," he beyond. "Hooray to Duke for the spot."

The 140,000 elevated reserve Virtus II PV modules for the three sites are seeing that complete by ReneSola. The projects consist of a mix of 72-cell 300-watt and 305-watt polycrystalline PV modules.

"ReneSola has sham a established, long-lasting relationship plus Duke Get-up-and-go Renewables and SunEnergy 1, for which we're superfluous approving," supposed Kevin Chen, lead of ReneSola. "Seeing these projects pull in to fruition plus ReneSola modules, built by one of the utmost authentic EPCs and developers in the Southeast, is a physical tribute to the strides ReneSola has made in the U.S. publicize since new 2012. We look forward to deed tightly plus Duke Get-up-and-go Renewables and SunEnergy1 in 2014 and earlier period to approval them look after on their pipelines."

These projects, located in Realm NC Power's renovate area, win Duke Get-up-and-go Renewables' plain owned commercial solar farms to 20 across the U.S. In accumulation to its 12.5- and 5-MW solar sites in Beaufort Territory and the 5-MW Murfreesboro Planetary Command Outline, as well as in Eastern North Carolina, Duke Get-up-and-go Renewables owns six 1-MW solar services in the western feature of the read out.

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