Cincinnati is developing the biggest American municipal solar project
- Cincinnati is going to build the biggest municipal solar field in the country to supply renewable electricity to all the facilities throughout the city and serve the population via the Electric Aggregation Program. When put into operation, the solar plant with a capacity of 100 megawatts is expected to decrease the annual CO2 emission of the region by 158 thousand tons.
The city has signed a 20-year term power purchase agreement to buy electrical power at a fixed price during the contract validity period. The solar farm has a 100-megawatt capacity. It will be located about 60 kilometers to the east from the center of Cincinnati, the state of Ohio. The facility, consisting of over 310 thousand PV modules, will be installed on the 404-ha area. This is equal to the size of 750 fields for American football.
When put into operation, the solar array is estimated to produce electrical power sufficient for about 25 thousand houses daily. The 35-megawatt project phase one is meant to supply power to facilities of Cincinnati. It is scheduled to become operational in about a year. The phase two with a capacity of 65 megawatts is slated to go online a year later.
