On June 27, the North Carolina Utilities Commission approved an April 20 application from Jersey Holdings LLC for a certificate of public convenience and necessity on a 5-MW (ac) solar facility to be located at 1271 Wire Grass Road, Lumberton, Robeson County, North Carolina.
The facility will be a solar photovoltaic array consisting of approximately 23,446 PV solar modules affixed to ground mounted racks supported on driven piles. The system will utilize two inverters and will be tied to the grid operated by Lumbee River Electric Membership Corp.
The facility is projected to come on line as of July 1, 2017. The electricity generated by the facility will be sold to the North Carolina Electric Membership Corp. under a 15-year power purchase agreement. The projected annual sales of the facility are 8.86MM kWh. The projected facility cost is $14 million.
A listed project contact is: Jersey Holdings LLC, Attn: Brian C. Bednar, 1125 E. Morehead Street, Suite 202, Charlotte, NC 28204, (704) 644-7733, team@birdseyeenergy.com.
That is contact information for Birdseye Renewable Energy, which says on its website that provides turn-key financing, development, and operation of commercial- and utility-scale renewable energy projects.
