Southern Power Opens 102 MW Lamesa Solar Facility
ByThe solar facility, spread across 887 acres, will generate enough energy to power about 15,000 Texas homes. The city of Garland, Texas signed a 15-year power purchase agreement to acquire the facility’s power and associated renewable energy credits.
Southern Co. subsidiary Southern Power announced the beginning of operations at the 102-megawatt Lamesa Solar Facility in Dawson County, Texas. The project is the company’s third large-scale solar farm operating in the state.
Lamesa Solar consists of approximately 410,000 tracking polycrystalline solar panels on 887 acres and generates sufficient energy to meet the needs of roughly 15,000 Texas homes. The city of Garland, Texas signed a 15-year power purchase agreement to acquire its power and associated renewable energy credits, which it may keep or sell…