Tennessee's first solar farm scheduled for early 2012 start up

Contractor Signal Energy is finishing site preparation work to enable construction of the first utility-scale solar farm in Tennessee, a 5MW facility that will use more than 21,000 photovoltaic modules.

Signal President Ben Fischer tells Recharge that the West Tennessee Solar Farm will help position the state to become a leader in the emerging clean energy economy, particularly in the US Southeast where there are few solar farms. Commercial operation will start in early 2012.

The site in western Tennessee is designed to allow for at least 10MW of solar energy generation in the future. The project is part of the Volunteer State Solar Initiative (VSSI), created to benefit the Tennessee economy by using federal government money to create jobs…

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