North Carolina's Beaufort Solar Facility Begins Construction

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Construction of the Beaufort solar photovoltaic (PV) project in North Carolina is under way, with completion expected in fourth-quarter 2015. The project is owned by Capital Power Corporation (Edmonton, Alberta).

The 15-megawatt (MW) facility will utilize a fixed-tilt, ground mounting solar system. Gehrlicher Solar Group (Haar, Germany) is performing the construction. Canadian Solar (NASDAQ:CSIQ) (Guelph, Canada) is supplying the solar panels for the $31 million facility.

The project is located on private land near an electrical interconnection in Beaufort County, in eastern North Carolina. Beaufort solar has a 15-year power purchase agreement with Duke Energy (NYSE:DUK) (Charlotte, North Carolina).

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