Entergy Louisiana acquisitions power from 50 MW Capital Region Solar center

Oct 23, 2020 10:56 PM ET
  • Wanting to strengthen its solar offerings in the state, Entergy Louisiana has actually started buying power from the 50 MW Capital Region Solar center in West Baton Rouge Parish, the biggest solar center in Louisiana.
Entergy Louisiana acquisitions power from 50 MW Capital Region Solar center
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This arrangement secures Entergy Louisiana into a collaboration with Helios Infrastructure that will last for 20 years after going into result on October 9. Funding Region Solar is a 197,000-panel farm extending about 500 acres. It was initially built by DEPCOM power as well as can balance out the matching of nearly 19,000 passenger lorry exhausts each year.

" Capital Region Solar is the latest enhancement to what we visualize to be an expanding profile of clean-energy sources serving our customers," Phillip May, head of state and CEO of Entergy Louisiana, claimed. "We are committed to supplying clean, trustworthy, and budget-friendly power to our communities, and this project assists us do just that."

The plant contributes to Entergy Louisiana's existing 190 MW of renewable resources, which are part of its emissions technique introduced in 2019. That method requires cutting its carbon emission rate by 50 percent below 2000 levels by 2030. It likewise seeks to reach net-zero carbon discharges by 2050.


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