Eight brand-new solar power sites begin running in Genesee and Saginaw Counties

• Customers Energy, Pine Gate Renewables as well as Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.P., have introduced five new solar power projects in Genesee County and also three in Saginaw County are currently on the internet as well as offering clean, sustainable electricity for Consumers Energy clients.

" These solar plants coming online are a testament to our commitment to solar power in Michigan as a significant element of the Clean Energy Plan, our plan for a coal-free and carbon-neutral future," stated Tim Sparks, vice president of electric grid combination at Consumers Energy. "We thank Pine Gate Renewables for shared ideas in securing our world as well as for their expertise developing the essential clean energy facilities."

The 8 sites were constructed and are operated by Pine Gate Renewables as well as are owned by Kayne Anderson. Consumers Energy has 20-year contracts to buy the energy from the projects. Each solar farm has a 2-megawatt capacity.

Incorporated, the solar farms generate as much as 16 megawatts, including in Consumers Energy's 10-megawatts of solar power capability formerly readily available to offer its consumers.

The names of the neighborhood solar projects that started procedures in the last 5 weeks are Captain Solar, Interchange Solar, Jack Francis Solar, May Shannon Solar and Coldwater Solar in Genesee County, and also Geddes 1 Solar, Geddes 2 Solar and Stoneheart Solar in Saginaw County.

" We're excited to be a part of creating renewable resource in Michigan," stated Pine Gate Renewables CEO Ben Catt. "Each solar project offers tax earnings, tasks and clean power to the local neighborhoods."

Customers Energy's Clean Energy Plan asks for eliminating coal as an energy source, accomplishing net-zero carbon exhausts as well as conference 90% of customers' energy needs through tidy resources like renewable resource, energy waste decrease as well as power storage space.

Customers Energy has contracts to acquire power from six added Kayne Anderson solar projects somewhere else in Michigan which are set up to start running this month.

These preliminary eight projects include 56,313 solar panels as well as have actually utilized roughly 240 neighborhood employees with building.

" Becoming a leader in solar energy has been a crucial focus of Kayne Anderson over the last a number of years," claimed Jon Levinson, co-head of renewables at Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors. "We are extremely pleased to have brought this initial wave of projects to conclusion in Michigan, and we are really thrilled regarding the continued build-out of our solar impact over the next numerous years."

" We are pleased to do our component to support lasting, renewable resource as we welcome these solar projects to Genesee County," said Bryant Nolden, Genesee County commissioner. "It was a satisfaction to deal with Pine Gate Renewables as well as Kayne Anderson to assist establish these low-impact growth projects. Our air quality will be boosted as a result of moving to tidy power and also the increased tax base these projects offer locally will benefit our neighborhoods well into the future."