March 29, 2023
Silicon Ranch, the Paris Board of Public Utilities (Paris BPU) and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) held a “flip the switch” occasion to rejoice the completion of a brand new 6.75 MWac solar facility in Puryear, Tennessee.
The Paris Solar Farm – Puryear was developed as a part of TVA’s Generation Flexibility Program. The nationally famend program is designed to encourage native power firms (LPCs) to develop distributed technology amenities and supply native options to the renewable wants of shoppers. With financial growth being an integral a part of Paris BPU’s mission, the flexibility to reap the benefits of versatile options helps be certain that Paris BPU can proceed to offer Henry County clients with protected, dependable, cost-effective energy.
“As a company that calls Tennessee home, Silicon Ranch is proud to continue to deliver on our commitments to build, own, and operate projects like this that not only help spur positive growth, but also provide a source of reliable, cost-effective renewable energy to communities in our own backyard,” mentioned Reagan Farr, Silicon Ranch cofounder and CEO.
As the long-term landowner of each undertaking it develops, together with the Paris Solar Farm – Puryear, Silicon Ranch is dedicated to working straight with the neighborhood as a neighbor invested within the long-term success and financial viability of the encircling space.
“The completion of this solar project in Henry County marks the beginning of a new era for Paris BPU as an even more resilient power company for our community,” mentioned Terry Wimberley, president and CEO of Paris BPU.
Additionally, by this undertaking, Silicon Ranch will generate a whole lot of hundreds of {dollars} in new tax income for the county over the lifetime of the undertaking which is able to assist assist infrastructure, and different community-identified priorities, whereas requiring little to no county providers in return.
“TVA is using renewable energy to drive economic growth in local communities like Henry County across the Valley,” mentioned Chris Hansen, TVA VP of origination and renewable options. “Flipping the switch on the Paris Solar Farm – Puryear alongside Silicon Ranch and Paris BPU represents our shared commitment to ensuring all of our partners have access to reliable energy sources that will benefit the community.”
Electric automaker Rivian Automotive is assembly its formidable local weather commitments by partnering with Clearloop, Silicon Ranch’s carbon options platform, to assist the event of 1 MW of this undertaking. Rivian’s Waypoints chargers are positioned at 11 state parks throughout Tennessee: Radnor Lake, Cumberland Mountain, South Cumberland, Montgomery Bell, Cove Lake, Indian Mountain, Meeman-Shelby Forest, Natchez Trace, Warrior’s Path, Fall Creek Falls and Pickwick Landing. As of December 2022, Rivian’s portion of the Paris Solar Farm – Puryear is predicted to yearly generate extra renewable energy than is required for all these websites mixed.
This previous January, Clearloop, Rivian and the town of Paris, Tennessee, held an occasion celebrating the first cost of Rivian’s Waypoints station at Eiffel Tower Park.
“This new solar farm is a testament to how carbon solutions can be used to bring big brands and local power companies together to benefit a community for the long-term at scale,” mentioned Laura Zapata, CEO and cofounder of Clearloop. “Rivian and Paris BPU are setting a clear example for other communities on how mutual partnership can benefit parts of the country that can benefit the most by aligning decarbonization and economic opportunity.”
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