T-Mobile purchases 17 MW of community solar in New York
- DSD Renewables has partnered with T-Mobile to establish 3 community solar projects in New York. In 2018, T-Mobile became the very first major united state telecom to sign the RE100 dedication to power its entire service with 100% eco-friendly electrical energy.
" Dealing with a leader in company ESG, such as T-Mobile, has been an honor," claims Eric Pollock, Chief Commercial Policeman at DSD. "We're excited to continue growing this partnership as well as to sustain T-Mobile in its pursuit to more expand its renewables impact and bring much more benefits to regional communities."
The projects, which complete 17MW, are located in New York, in the towns of Richland (2.63 MW), Aldrich (6.95 MW) and also Silver Creek (7.5 MW). The Richland site is operational, with the two other sites anticipated to be operational in Q1 2022.
"Community solar projects play a vital duty in developing a lasting future. These projects not only assist us in reducing our ecological effect, yet they will also bring new clean energy benefits to regional communities as well as organizations," claims Chad Wilkerson, Director of Sustainability and Infrastructure Sourcing at T-Mobile.
NRG acted as the RFP expert for T-Mobile, which chose DSD on the toughness of its community solar portfolio. DSD will certainly be the long-term owner of the projects. The collaboration in between DSD as well as T-Mobile is expected to proceed, with prepare for T-Mobile to act as an offtaker for extra projects presently under growth with DSD.
