North Carolina commission okays 5-MW Warren Solar Farm project

September 27, 2016 Barry Cassell Generation

The North Carolina Utilities Commission on Sept. 27 approved a July 21 application from Warren Solar Farm LLC for a certificate of public convenience and necessity for construction of a 5-MW (ac) solar facility.

The project is to be located off the west side of North Church Street, north of West Grove Street, approximately 0.9 miles from the intersection of North Church Street and Raleigh Street, Newton Grove, Sampson County, North Carolina.

The applicant plans to sell the electricity to Duke Energy Progress. The projected date for the facility to come on-line is Sept. 30, 2017. The projected cost is $12.35 million.

A project contact is: Warren Solar Farm LLC, 4155 St Johns Parkway, Suite 1100. Sanford, FL 32771, mstevens@esarenewables.com, telephone (407) 268-6455.

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Barry Cassell is Chief Analyst for GenerationHub covering coal and emission controls issues, projects and policy. He has covered the coal and power generation industry for more than 24 years, beginning in November 2011 at GenerationHub and prior to that as editor of SNL Energy’s Coal Report. He was formerly with Coal Outlook for 15 years as the publication’s editor and contributing writer, and prior to that he was editor of Coal & Synfuels Technology and associate editor of The Energy Report. He has a bachelor’s degree from Central Michigan University.
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