Giant solar coming to Davidson county

I was in Greensboro over the weekend and noticed that the News and Record on Monday May 26th was reporting the approval of a plan to build the nation's largest solar farm in Davidson County.

SunEdison, a Maryland company, plans for a 100-200 acre array of solar panels generating 16 megawatts of power. Duke Energy intends to buy all of the output under a 20-year deal, and anticipates selling the power by the end of 2010.

The exact site has not yet been selected but it should be announced within a few weeks. Davidson County commissioners approved $2 million in incentives SunEdison to built the plant there. 

See the full article in the Greensboro N&O here.

For a look at the world's largest photovoltaic power plants take a look here.

Comments

[Richard]

This is really exciting for North Carolina. Finally, something in the renewable energy sector that we can be proud of. But it probably won't be long before a bigger one is built in AZ or CA.

I'm only sorry the project went out of the State. Isn't there a company locally that could have taken this on?