Framework and also Energy Alternatives selected to construct 100-MW Lumpkin Solar Farm

• Infrastructure and also Energy Alternatives, an infrastructure building and construction firm with renewable energy and also specialized civil experience, introduced that it has actually been awarded a 100-MWAC solar agreement to create the Lumpkin Solar Farm in Stewart County, Georgia.

Silicon Ranch Corporation, based in Nashville, Tennessee as well as one of the nation's biggest independent solar energy producers, granted the design, procurement and construction (EPC) agreement to IEA Constructors, a subsidiary of IEA that manages utility-scale energy as well as heavy civil facilities projects.

Silicon Ranch is funding the installation of the Lumpkin Solar Farm and will have and also run the solar array for the long-lasting, a self-displined technique the firm takes with every project it develops. Construction of the solar PV generation center is arranged to start right away and is anticipated to be finished in late 2021. IEA's scope of work consists of the setup of owner provided components and also full balance of system EPC building, including every one of the civil, mechanical and electrical work. More than 300,000 First Solar Series 6 modules will be installed across the 850-acre website in rural southwest Georgia.

To create the center, IEA will work with around 300 craft employees, the majority of whom will certainly be recruited from the regional labor force in Georgia. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, IEA will certainly bypass organizing a local task fair; nonetheless, the Company is encouraging area residents interested in dealing with the Lumpkin Solar Farm to apply online at IEA.net or to send out an email to [email protected].

The Lumpkin Solar Farm is part of a portfolio of projects that will provide solar power to the Walton Electric Membership Corporation (EMC) as part of the energy's agreement to supply 100% renewable energy for Facebook's information center in Newton County, Georgia. In overall, Walton EMC and Silicon Ranch have performed six contracts completing 435 MWAC of brand-new renewable energy generation to support Facebook's operations in Georgia. In 2020, Silicon Ranch and also IEA collaborated to build one more of these solar projects, the 25 MWAC Appling Solar Farm in the southeastern part of the state of Georgia.

" IEA is extremely delighted to once more companion with Silicon Ranch to bring additional renewable energy sources to Georgia," claimed Joe Broom, IEA's senior VP of solar construction operations. "Georgia ranks among the leading 10 states in the country for total solar capability installed. We are proud that we can sustain Georgia in satisfying the growing need for clean, eco-friendly power in the state."

" One of the many qualities that makes Georgia a great place for service is the fantastic labor force in the state. Greater than 1,000 Georgians have already helped us develop projects that offer Facebook and also Walton EMC," said Silicon Ranch co-founder and also CEO Reagan Farr. "Silicon Ranch is pleased to companion once more with IEA to broaden this tradition to Stewart County as well as the surrounding region, and we thank our companions at Walton EMC as well as Facebook for making the Lumpkin Solar Farm as well as this significant financial investment possible."