By Editors of Power Engineering

Green Power EMC and Silicon Ranch jointly announced an agreement to develop 200 MW of solar energy to southern Georgia.

The solar facilities, spread over four locations, will be developed, funded, built, owned, operated and maintained by Silicon Ranch. Green Power will purchase the energy.

“Green Power EMC has developed a procurement strategy that allows its member co-ops to capture tremendous value,” said Matt Kisber, Silicon Ranch president and CEO. “By banding together, they are able to leverage economies of scale, resulting in an extremely low cost of energy for their members. Green Power EMC and its member co-ops have established the model that has made Georgia the fastest-growing solar state in America, and it’s a model that other states will no doubt follow in the years to come.”

The two companies commissioned a 20-MW solar plant near Hazlehurst, Georgia in 2015 and dedicated another 52-MW facility near the same city.