Greenbacker begins building of 80MW US PV

• Graphite Solar 1 in Utah will certainly contribute renewable power to Facebook's brand-new information centre in Eagle Mountain

United States renewables programmer Greenbacker has actually begun on an 80MW utility-scale solar project in Utah.

RPlus Energies is creating the Graphite Solar 1 plant in Carbon County, which will be just one of the biggest solar plants in Greenbacker's across the country portfolio.

Greenbacker acquired the pre-operational solar project from rPlus Energies in December 2020 and also acquired rPlus to continue to establish the project through building.

The plant will certainly contribute sustainable power to Facebook's brand-new data centre in Eagle Mountain, Utah.

The ground splitting complies with Greenbacker's announcement in March that it had actually completed construction of the 61MW Blue-green solar project in Washoe County, Nevada, that supplies clean energy to Apple's data centre in the Reno Modern Technology Park.

Graphite Solar 1 has a long-term power acquisition arrangement (PPA) in place with the investment-grade utility PacifiCorp in support of Facebook.

The agreement was developed under Rocky Mountain Power's Schedule 34 green energy tariff, which allows large customers to buy renewable energy created on their behalf.

The project supports Facebook's goal of 100% renewable energy for its operations and is anticipated to get to industrial operations in the fourth quarter of 2021.

" Large projects like Graphite will progressively be required to meet the electrical power needs of the modern technology economy as well as supply carbon neutral choices to standard power sources," stated Charles Wheeler, CEO of Greenbacker.

" We're thrilled to play a role in the ongoing positive effect that this sustainable framework project will certainly carry enhancing regional employment, sustaining local economies, as well as producing even more reliable power grids."

Graphite is being built in Wellington, a community with numerous coal mines, a lately retired coal plant, and a lengthy history of producing power for the location.

The rPlus Energies team was signed up with for the ground splitting by Greenbacker and also by Sundt Building, which will work as the engineering, procurement and also building and construction (EPC) lead for the project.