Mississippi Commission Gives Approval for 100 MW/ 1000 Acre Solar Farm

• The Mississippi Delta will certainly quickly be house to the biggest utility-owned solar ranch in the state, after obtaining authorization from the Mississippi Public Service Commission.

The Mississippi Delta will certainly quickly be residence to the biggest utility-owned solar ranch in the state, after obtaining authorization from the Mississippi Public Service Commission. Recurring Energy, a solar center producer and also subsidiary of Canadian Solar will certainly develop the project in support of Entergy Mississippi, LLC.

The project ought to be total by no behind mid-2022. When constructed, Entergy will certainly think possession for the life of the center. The emissions-free, renewable resource plant will certainly rest on around 1,000 acres in Sunflower County as well as will certainly attach to Entergy's transmission grid in Ruleville.

Recurring Energy has actually obtained consentaneous authorization from the Mississippi Public Service Commission on the build-transfer contract (BTA) with Entergy Mississippi. The BTA has a base acquisition cost of around USD 138.4 million on the 100-megawatt Sunflower solar photovoltaic project.

" We're satisfied to have payment authorization to progress," claimed Haley Fisackerly, Entergy Mississippi head of state and also CEO. "The Sunflower Solar Facility will certainly be type in aiding us fulfill altering client assumptions. It will certainly offer us even more lasting methods to satisfy our consumers' power requires while expanding our gas supply."

The project will certainly be a single-axis monitoring photovoltaic power generator. Its 350,000 PV components will certainly have the ability to produce 100 MW of tidy power, sufficient to power greater than 16,000 residences.

In 2016, Entergy Mississippi started researching solar as a renewable resource resource. That year, the business constructed the state's first-ever utility-owned solar project. The pilot project contained 3 websites in Brookhaven, Hinds, as well as DeSoto areas. These websites assisted address concerns concerning just how solar would certainly carry out in Mississippi's differed geographical areas. The project was the genesis for the Sunflower Solar center.

Entergy Mississippi, LLC supplies power to about 450,000 consumers in 45 areas. The company runs as well as has nuclear power plant with around 30,000 megawatts of electrical producing ability, consisting of virtually 9,000 megawatts of nuclear power providing power to 2.9 million utility consumers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, as well as Texas.