Duke Energy starts building of 22.6-MW solar park in North Carolina

• US utilities group Duke Energy Corp (NYSE: DUK) has actually launched building and construction on a 22.6-MW solar park in North Carolina, targeting commercial procedures by end-2021.

The project will certainly be had and also operated by Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions, which is a new industrial brand name of the utility and also will certainly incorporate its Duke Energy Renewables arm.

To be situated in Cabarrus County, the Speedway Solar park will be outfitted with 77,000 bifacial modules by China's JinkoSolar Holding, placed on single-axis trackers. California-based building and construction team Swinerton has been tasked with the style, procurement of inverters, balance of plant systems as well as construction works.

As soon as up and running, Speedway Solar will certainly offer its result under a 20-year power purchase arrangement (PPA). The created power is expected to be enough to cover the consumption of around 5,000 houses.

Duke protected the project in a 2017 tender held under North Carolina's Competitive Procurement for Renewable Energy program.