McCarthy completes 128-MW solar project in Utah

• McCarthy Building Companies' Renewable Energy as well as Storage Group just recently celebrated the completion of building and also final appointing of the 128-MWdc Milford Solar I Project in Beaver County, Utah.

The project is situated on 750 acres simply north of Milford, Utah. McCarthy acted as EPC contractor for the project, which is owned by United States Solar Fund (USF).

Milford Solar I has greater than 293,000 First Solar Series 6 modules as well as a new substation and also transmission line. McCarthy's self-perform area pressures installed all modules, 3,765 NEXTracker trackers, 27 TMEIC 4.2-MW inverter skids, all DC circuitry and combiner boxes and all underground 34.5 mV AC collection wiring. The project called for greater than 100 neighborhood workers to construct. In an effort to aid hire brand-new people right into jobs in tidy energy, McCarthy utilizes a program called Training Within Industries to educate employees that are brand-new to solar building and construction.

Whitney Voute, Head of Investor Relations for USF, said, "We are pleased with McCarthy's top notch construction of Milford Solar I. The excellent work of companions like McCarthy assists us to make sure USF is in the best position to provide lasting sustainable returns for our financiers."

USF will market 100% of the power and also renewable energy credit ratings produced at a set price for 25 years to PacifiCorp, a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Energy. PacifiCorp has actually contracted to offer all the sustainable characteristics associated with the project to a retail customer. PacifiCorp is a U.S. electric power firm that mainly operates controlled utilities with a service territory across Oregon, Washington, California, Utah, Idaho and Wyoming.

" The degree of technology our team produced on this project is best in class," said Scott Canada, senior vice head of state of the Renewable Energy as well as Storage team at McCarthy. "We're happy to be an industry leader, bringing clean power to communities from coast-to-coast as even more leaders recognize the favorable economic impact that renewable resource projects are having on their areas."