Late last week, Juwi Solar, a Colorado-based solar power project developer, announced that it completed a 12.6-megawatt (MW) thin-film solar energy installation on 77 acres of land in Ohio’s Wyandot County. The company says the plant is now the largest solar-energy generating facility in the state.
Juwi completed the installation three months ahead of schedule. Located in the north-central part of the state, the project is comprise of some 160,000 ground-mounted modules made of cadmium telluride (CdTe), a semiconductor compound that’s seen as a promising alternative to silicon-based solar technologies.
Juwi had incentive to finish the plant as soon as possible. Back In September 2009, the plant already had a buyer. The New Jersey-based Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG), an energy service company based in New Jersey, bought the rights to the project from Juwi. PSEG then secured a 20-year power purchasing agreement (PPA) with American Electric Power (AEP), an energy provider. Under the agreement, AEP will receive all of the renewable-energy credits that come from the project.
AEP provides energy for 11 states, including Ohio. The Wyandot County plant is now producing energy for Columbus Southern Power and Ohio Power Co., both of which are AEP subsidiaries.
This is unbelievable! Well done to all parties.
Can we see more of the same spring up elsewhere? Thats what we really need.