Greenbacker 104MW Utah solar farm goes live

Jul 29, 2022 04:34 PM ET
  • Graphite Solar site is providing power to a Meta-owned data centre
Greenbacker 104MW Utah solar farm goes live
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Greenbacker has actually started business procedure of its biggest solar farm, the 104MW Graphite Solar project in Utah, United States.

The site is providing electrical power to Meta's close-by data centre in Eagle County under a long-term power purchase agreement.

Graphite was acquired from rPlus in 2020, with the programmer seeing construction via to conclusion. It includes around 257,700 solar components.

Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company chief executive Charles Wheeler said: "It's very unique that Graphite Solar can play a role in aiding Carbon County diversify its contributions to the local power facilities.

" A location with a lengthy background of power production is currently home to Greenbacker's largest operating clean power project."

Meta renewable energy director Urvi Parekh added: "We appreciate the partnership with rPlus and Greenbacker that is delivering this new solar energy to the Utah grid in support of our regional operations."


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