Today, Kentuck Solar Project stakeholders, led by WGL Energy
Systems (WGL Energy), a WGL company, and Sol Systems, a Washington,
D.C.-based solar development and finance company, joined to
celebrate the completion of a 6-megawatt (MW) alternating current
system located on 76-acres at 2048 Kentuck Church Road in Ringgold,
Virginia.
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WGL Energy, Sol Systems and other solar
project partners join Danville Utilities, the mayor of Danville and
local officials to celebrate the completion of a 6 megawatt (MW)
solar facility in Virginia’s Danville Utilities territory. The
system is the largest municipal solar project in Virginia and WGL
Energy’s first solar project in the Commonwealth. (Photo: Business
Wire)
Launched in May 2017 when the City of Danville hosted
then-Governor Terry McAuliffe at a roundtable discussion on his
Clean Energy Jobs tour, the project created approximately 80 jobs
during construction, boosted the local economy and provided
long-term, integrated resource planning for the City of Danville.
The Kentuck Solar Project will provide enough carbon-free
electricity to power 1,200 homes every year, supply 1.5 percent of
the City’s power needs and establish long-term cost certainty for
the utility.
WGL Energy serves as owner and operator of the project and Sol
Systems has overseen the design, construction and financing of the
system. The City of Danville Department of Utilities is purchasing
the energy from the fully installed photovoltaic (PV) solar
facility for the next twenty-five years to diversify its energy and
capacity portfolio.
“WGL Energy is pleased to usher in more renewable energy sources
in the great Commonwealth of Virginia and we are excited to
celebrate our first solar project in Virginia developed with a
committed and talented project team,” said Sanjiv Mahan, President,
WGL Energy. “We applaud the collaborative work and leadership from
a distinguished group, and are proud to support Danville’s
dedication to embrace the benefits of sustainable energy, including
stabilized prices. We look forward to more opportunities to deliver
diverse energy solutions in the state.”
“This $10 million clean energy investment also spurred greater
demand for local goods and services during the construction,” said
George Ashton, President of Sol Systems. “We stand ready to work
closely with other exceptional communities like Danville to bring
many more utility-scale solar projects to Virginia.”
The site location stretches between Dan River Middle School,
Kentuck Elementary, and Dan River High School, and connects to
several sections of private property. The system has nearly 24,000
crystalline modules, and a recently planted vegetative buffer
around the fence to preserve aesthetics.
“The City of Danville is thrilled to showcase an innovative
project that reflects our commitment to creatively deliver
long-term energy capacity to serve the community,” said Jason Grey,
Director of Danville Utilities. “Working together with an
impressive group of project partners allowed us to make the project
a reality and celebrate the system’s successful completion
today.”
“After just over two years of signing the PPA for this project,
we are pleased to finally see this solar project come to fruition.
We made commitments to Danville Utilities, Pittsylvania County,
Pittsylvania County Schools and our surrounding neighbors when we
started this process and now we actualized a leadership solar
project thanks to the efforts of our collective project partners,”
said Jared Schoch, President at TurningPoint Energy.
Summary of the project partners include:
- Danville Utilities, the largest
municipal electric utility in Virginia, is purchasing all the
energy from the solar farm for the next twenty-five years.
- WGL Energy, based in Tysons, Virginia,
with more than 250 MW of distributed generation projects installed
or under contract across twenty-one states and the District of
Columbia, retains the solar renewable energy certificates, and owns
and operates the system.
- Sol Systems, based in Washington, DC
with over 700 MW of solar delivered since 2008, served as the
owner’s representative and development partner and maintained
oversight over the design and construction.
- McCarthy Building Companies, the
engineering, procurement, and construction firm, built the
system.
- TurningPoint Energy, the developer,
owns the 76-acre parcel of land that hosts the single-axis tracker
array.
ABOUT WGL
WGL Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: WGL), headquartered in Washington,
D.C., is a leading source for clean, efficient and diverse energy
solutions. With activities and assets across the U.S., WGL consists
of Washington Gas, WGL Energy, WGL Midstream and Hampshire Gas. WGL
provides natural gas, electricity, green power and energy services,
including generation, storage, transportation, distribution, supply
and efficiency. Our calling as a company is to make energy
surprisingly easy for our employees, our community and all our
customers. Whether you are a homeowner or renter, small business or
multinational corporation, state and local or federal agency, WGL
is here to provide Energy Answers. Ask Us. For more information,
visit us at www.wgl.com.
ABOUT WGL Energy
WGL Energy delivers a full spectrum of energy offerings,
including electricity, natural gas, renewable energy, carbon
reduction, distributed generation and energy efficiency solutions
provided by WGL Energy Services, Inc. and WGL Energy Systems, Inc.
To learn more, visit us at www.wglenergy.com. Follow us
at @wglenergy on Twitter and WGL Energy on LinkedIn.
ABOUT DANVILLE UTILITIES
Danville Utilities provides natural gas, water, wastewater and
telecommunications services in Danville and distributes electricity
to approximately 42,000 customer locations in a 500-square-mile
service territory covering Danville, the southern third of
Pittsylvania County and small portions of Henry and Halifax
counties.
ABOUT SOL SYSTEMS
Sol Systems is one of the preeminent solar finance and
development firms in the United States, with an established
reputation for integrity and reliability. The company delivers
sophisticated, customized services for our institutional,
corporate, and municipal partners. Sol is employee-owned, and also
backed by Sempra Energy, a $25+ billion energy company.
Over the last nine years, Sol Systems has delivered more than
700 MW of solar projects for Fortune 100 companies, municipalities,
universities, churches, and small businesses. Sol now manages over
$650 million in solar energy assets for utilities, banks, and
Fortune 500 companies. Inc. 5000 recognized Sol Systems in its
annual list of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies for
four consecutive years. For more information, please visit
www.solsystems.com.
ABOUT TURNINGPOINT ENERGY
TurningPoint Energy is a clean energy advisory, development and
investment company headquartered in Denver, Colorado. Its
principals have experience developing solar projects totaling more
than $2.4 billion in value over 1GW of operating solar power plants
throughout the United States within the last nine years.
TurningPoint Energy is structured as a privately held, lean company
with some of the lowest overhead and profit requirements in the
energy industry, the ability to make decisions quickly and
customize our projects to each customer’s needs. For more
information about TurningPoint Energy, visit
www.turningpoint-energy.com
ABOUT MCCARTHY BUILDING COMPANIES
McCarthy's 150-year tradition of construction excellence and
innovation launched into the Renewable Energy market in 2013.
Since then, our Renewable Energy team has completed more than
30 utility-scale solar installations in communities across the
country, delivering a combined capacity of over 1.3 GW of clean
energy production. Nationally, McCarthy provides Engineer,
Procure, Construct (EPC) services on utility-scale solar
projects. Our engineering and construction services offer
in-budget development, constructability reviews, cost-estimating,
value analysis, schedule development, project management and
schedule control. We help private solar developers and utilities
deliver cost-effective, clean energy to private companies,
universities, small utilities and energy co-ops. Repeatedly honored
as a Best Place to Work and Healthiest Employer, McCarthy is ranked
the 20th largest domestic general contractor (Engineering
News-Record, May 2018). With approximately 1,700 salaried
employees and offices in St. Louis, Atlanta; Collinsville, Ill.;
Portage, Ind.; Kansas City, Kan.; Phoenix; Las Vegas; Denver;
Dallas, Houston; Albuquerque; and San Diego, Newport Beach, San
Francisco, San Jose and Sacramento, Calif. McCarthy is 100
percent employee owned. More information about the company is
available online at www.mccarthy.com.
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