Georgia power solar farm. Cost and production pvwatts georgia. Commercial solar farms are an excellent method to develop underutilized land or land that is. Commercial solar farms georgia solar installers would like to help you develop your solar farm in our peach state.
The solar electric power association provides solar info from the utility company perspective. The state is blessed with a great resource of an average of 5 hours a day of maximum sunlight for solar production. Use the nrel pv watts calculator to estimate the amount of energy your solar panels will produce in an annual period.
Solar only accounts for about 1 percent of the states electric power. The future of solar is bright in georgia and georgia power is leading the way in making our state a national leader in solar energy. Georgia power is leading the way in making our state a national leader in solar energy.
Two megawatts are in service near athens georgia 24 megawatts are in service near augusta with an additional 36 megawatt farm near savannah. Georgia finally is farming the sun. Solar electric power association.
Nashville based silicon ranch wanted to buy 1400 acres about a quarter of his familys land to build one of the solar farms that would power the facebook data center 200 miles away. A 200 mw solar power plant is being planned at a 2000 acre site near warner robins georgia a project that at present would be the largest standalone solar facility in the us. Georgia power has constructed a total of 8 mw of new solar farms to supply the program.
Thats why certain 501c3 organizations can apply for a georgia power grant. Georgia power is building a 52 million solar farm on ga. To help meet our customers growing electricity needs georgia power is committed to using reliable cost effective renewable energy sources that work best in our state.
17 in the guyton area one of three farms statewide meant to allow customers to support the development of solar power. Yet georgia has one of the highest per capita growth rates for solar power in the.