Tennessee Solar Farm Unleashes 5 MWs of Power
The Tennessee Valley Authority’s electrification of much of rural Tennessee marked an important chapter in the state’s energy history. Now Tennessee is celebrating another major milestone in electrification: the opening of the West Tennessee Solar Farm, the state’s largest solar power array.
Consisting of 21,000 photovoltaic solar panels spread across more than 25 acres in Haywood County, the farm is capable of generating 5 megawatts (MW) of electricity, enough to power 500 homes and offset 250 tons of coal each month. The University of Tennessee (UT) owns
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on Apr 22 2012. Filed under Tennessee News.
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