State regulators have approved a proposed 200-acre solar energy facility in Buckingham County that will provide “utility-scale” solar generation.
Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced permit approval for the 19.8-megawatt Firestone Solar facility in Buckingham, which will be owned by Virginia Solar LLC. That’s enough to power an estimated 3,500 homes, according to solar energy industry figures.
The Richmond-based independent developer of utility-scale solar projects has principals with “extensive track records of installing thousands of megawatts of renewable energy capacity outside of Virginia,” the company’s website states.
- The (Charlottesville) Daily Progress
http://www.vasolarllc.com/
Virginia Solar’s principals have extensive track records of installing thousands of MWs of renewable energy capacity outside of Virginia. Virginia Solar’s first project, the 17 MWAC Scott-I project located in Powhatan County, Virginia, is projected to be installed in 2016. Dominion Virginia Power intends to purchase this project and has submitted it to the Virginia State Corporation Commission for approval.