35-MW solar project curbs Vanderbilt University's carbon emissions by 70%.

• Vanderbilt I Solar Farm, a 35-MWAC solar array in Bedford County, Tennessee, got to commercial procedures today. Developed by Silicon Ranch, Vanderbilt I is supplying power to its namesake, Vanderbilt University.

First revealed in 2020, Vanderbilt I is the very first project acquired under the Tennessee Valley Authority's Green Invest program, which matches demand for green power from commercial, industrial and also institutional customers with new utility-scale solar projects found in the Tennessee Valley.

Nashville-based Silicon Ranch developed and funded the project and worked with more than 250 craft workers to build the solar facility. The firm will certainly likewise serve as the long-lasting proprietor and also operator of Vanderbilt I, an approach Silicon Ranch takes with every project it develops.

The company invested greater than $50 million to set up the Vanderbilt I Solar Farm, and also for many years to find, the project will create numerous dollars in new tax revenue for Bedford County to support neighborhood facilities, schools as well as other community-identified top priorities.

In 2022, Silicon Ranch additionally gave away 30 acres of its project site to the city of Shelbyville and also Bedford County to support the recruitment of Duksan Eletera America, an electrolyte supplier for the electrical lorry market, that plans to construct a factory there.

" The Vanderbilt I Solar Farm demonstrates what is possible when we work together with a shared vision for the region, and Silicon Ranch is grateful to Vanderbilt for its management and to TVA for its strong support of this significant renewable resource investment in Bedford County," said Matt Kisber, founder and chairman of Silicon Ranch. "I am a pleased graduate of Vanderbilt, as are much of our coworkers, and we are thrilled to dedicate this purposeful project today. We additionally wish to thank the leadership of Bedford County as well as the Shelbyville-Bedford Partnership for their partnership and also for inviting us right into this community.".

The solar facility represents a considerable action by Vanderbilt University towards its goal to power its campus totally through renewable energy and end up being carbon neutral by 2050. The sustainable generation from the Vanderbilt I Solar Farm will offset around 70% of Vanderbilt University's yearly Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions, or the matching of enough power to aid offer greater than 6,000 homes for one year.

" The Vanderbilt I Solar Farm not only represents a major step towards our own goals at Vanderbilt, however additionally offers a model of collective, forward-thinking remedies that we wish various other higher schools will certainly take on as well as replicate throughout this country," said Daniel Diermeier, chancellor of Vanderbilt University. "We eagerly anticipate the educational and also study possibilities this project as well as our pursuit of carbon neutrality will certainly generate for our professors and also pupils at Vanderbilt. We thank Silicon Ranch, NES as well as TVA for supporting us on this strong journey.".