Pattern Energy completes 83-MW Texas solar installation

• Pattern Energy Group introduced it has actually effectively completed construction and started operations at its 83-MWAC Phoenix Solar Project situated in Fannin County, Texas.

" Phoenix Solar is the most up to date example of Pattern Energy's expanding activities in solar energy and proceeded financial investment in Texas. This brand-new solar center is producing strong advantages with greater than $15 million in revenue for Fannin County and the neighborhood colleges, while producing tidy power for 20,000 residences," claimed Mike Garland, Chief Executive Officer of Pattern Energy. "New renewable energy sources like Phoenix Solar make sense for neighborhoods due to the fact that they are the cheapest kind of brand-new power and their financial investments return work, growth and positive economic influence in the rural areas where they are established."

Phoenix Solar makes use of First Solar Series 6 modules and NEXTracker NX Horizon trackers. Mortenson Construction supplied design and construction services for the project. The project has a 65 MWAC, 12-year power acquisition agreement with Digital Realty.

" We are pleased to more expand our renewable resource portfolio in Texas," said Aaron Binkley, senior director of sustainability for Digital Realty. "We place a high concern on sourcing net-new renewables local to our data centers. Phoenix Solar, located less than an hour's drive from our Richardson, Texas data center university, does just that."