Tennessee university on the right track for 100% renewables thanks to brand-new PV project

• Vanderbilt University in Tennessee is readied to reach 100% renewable energy for its campus procedures after subscribing to a 25MW section of a new 125MW utility-scale solar farm readied to be created in the state.

The Metropolitan Government of Nashville claimed it will certainly acquire the continuing to be 100MW via a partnership that includes energies Nashville Electric Service and also the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).

On the part of Vanderbilt University as well as the city government, TVA will certainly get with independent power manufacturer Silicon Ranch Corporation to establish a solar facility in Tullahoma. Silicon Ranch was selected with TVA's current purchase process for the building of approximately 200MW of PV on the Tullahoma site.

A 20-year power acquisition will certainly see more than one-third of Nashville's municipal government operations powered by renewable resource.

"We hope this groundbreaking collaboration in between government, organization as well as colleges will certainly be a model of cutting-edge cooperation to resolve the most vital problems of our time," stated Daniel Diermeier, chancellor of Vanderbilt University.