JACKSON, Miss., April 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The
Mississippi Delta will soon be home to the largest utility-owned
solar farm in the state, after receiving approval from the
Mississippi Public Service Commission.
Recurrent Energy, a solar facility manufacturer, will build the
project on behalf of Entergy Mississippi, LLC. The project should
be complete by no later than mid-2022. Once built, Entergy will
assume ownership for the life of the facility. The emissions-free,
renewable energy plant will sit on approximately 1,000 acres in
Sunflower County and will connect
to Entergy's transmission grid in Ruleville.
"We're happy to have commission approval to move forward," said
Haley Fisackerly, Entergy
Mississippi president and CEO. "The Sunflower Solar Facility will
be key in helping us meet changing customer expectations. It will
give us more sustainable ways to meet our customers' energy needs
while diversifying our fuel supply."
The project will be a single-axis tracking photovoltaic power
generator. Its 350,000 PV modules will be able to generate 100 MW
of clean energy, enough to power more than 16,000 homes.
In 2016, Entergy Mississippi began studying solar as a renewable
energy source. That year, the company built the state's first-ever
utility-owned solar project. The pilot project consisted of three
sites in Brookhaven, Hinds and DeSoto counties. These sites helped answer
questions about how solar would perform in Mississippi's varied geographical regions. The
project was the genesis for the Sunflower Solar facility.
Entergy Mississippi, LLC provides electricity to approximately
450,000 customers in 45 counties. Entergy Corporation (NYSE: ETR)
is an integrated energy company engaged primarily in electric power
production and retail distribution operations. Entergy owns and
operates power plants with approximately 30,000 megawatts of
electric generating capacity, including nearly 9,000 megawatts of
nuclear power. Entergy delivers electricity to 2.9 million utility
customers in Arkansas,
Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Entergy has annual revenues of
$11 billion and approximately 13,600
employees.
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