McCarthy completes building of 274 MW solar project on Nevada tribal land

Sep 29, 2022 10:34 AM ET
  • Nearly one year from the start of building, McCarthy Structure Companies set up the final solar module on the Arrow Canyon Solar project, a 274-MWDC solar as well as a 91-MW, 455-MWh DC-coupled storage space facility located on the Moapa River Indian Reservation in Moapa, Nevada.
McCarthy completes building of 274 MW solar project on Nevada tribal land
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EDF Renewables contracted McCarthy as EPC to build the 1,387-acre project, and also electric trade companion, Bombard Electric, lately installed the last of the 621,093 bifacial. The project likewise features 7,139 NEXTracker NX Horizon trackers.

" Seeing module number 621,093 set up is a very interesting milestone," stated John Bastarous, VP of building at EDF Renewables. "Building this size of a project takes strong collaborations that share common values of security, quality, and team effort. We appreciate McCarthy and Bombard for their well-coordinated efforts, in attaining such a key milestone."

At the elevation of building and construction as well as module installment, there were greater than 450 employee on the job site, consisting of 46 tribal participants. When totally functional in December 2022, Arrow Canyon will create sufficient clean energy to meet the usage of approximately 76,000 average Nevada homes.

"McCarthy as well as our electric profession companion, Bombard Electric, boast of the superior teamwork and also partnership with our companions that aided successfully reach this installation milestone. After mounting approximately 38.8 million extra pounds well worth of modules, this milestone deserves celebrating with EDF Renewables as well as the Moapa Paiutes in the effort towards broadening their sustainable solar infrastructure and power storage in Southern Nevada," claimed Chris Fletcher, project director at McCarthy.


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