Georgia Power Solar Farms

Over the next 12 months with a maximum of 400 construction workers georgia power will be building the solar farm between mcarrell drive and ga.

Georgia power solar farms.

Georgia finally is farming the sun. Nashville based silicon ranch wanted to buy 1 400 acres about a quarter of his family s land to build one of the solar farms that would power the facebook data center 200 miles away. Use the nrel pv watts calculator to estimate the amount of energy your solar panels will produce in an annual period. Georgia was given an f for net metering.

Solar electric power association. The solar electric power association provides solar info from the utility company perspective. That s why certain 501 c 3 organizations can apply for a georgia power grant. The state s first solar community is located at weatherford place in roswell.

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. Find out if you qualify. Solar farms are especially interesting for american farmers since depending on the crop solar farm profits from photovoltaic panels could end up being far greater than traditional farming practices especially in the right climates. Georgia is not a net metering state.

Two megawatts are in service near athens georgia 2 4 megawatts are in service near augusta with an additional 3 6 megawatt farm near savannah. Net metering is limited to 100 kw for non residential consumers and 10 kw for residential consumers up to 0 2 of previous years peak demand. Solar only accounts for about 1 percent of the state s electric power. Preference is given to georgia based organizations with goals to improve the quality of life of georgia s residents.

Georgia power is dedicated to giving back to the communities we serve. Cost and production pvwatts georgia. Yet georgia has one of the highest per capita growth rates for solar power in the. A 200 mw solar power plant is being planned at a 2 000 acre site near warner robins georgia a project that at present would be the largest standalone solar facility in the u s.