FollowPortland General Electric (PGE, Portland, Oregon, U.S.) and the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) broke ground on a 1.75 solar photovoltaic (PV) plant at a rest area on a federal highway near Wilsonville, Oregon, United States.
The ODOT is describing the USD 10 million project at the Baldock Safety Rest Area on Interstate 5 as the nation’s largest solar highway project.
“Between this project – the largest of its kind in the nation — and the solar interchange a few miles north of here, it’s clear the road to the future starts here in Oregon,” stated Federal Highway Administrator Victor Mendez.
“Well done, Oregon, for leading the way in building the solar highway.”
Modules, inverters manufactured in Oregon
7,000 SolarWorld crystalline silicon PV modules will comprise the 28,000 square meter Baldock Solar Highway, which will use Advanced Energy inverters.
Both the modules and the inverters are manufactured in Oregon, and Oregon companies will provide consulting, construction, analysis and materials for the project.
Bank of America (Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.) is providing financing for the project, which is also supported by funds from the Energy Trust of Oregon Inc. (Portland, Oregon, U.S.), PGE’s Clean Wind program and the state’s Business Energy Tax Credit program.
PGE states that the project will help it meet the state’s renewable energy standard of providing 25% of its electricity from renewable energy sources by 2025.
Source: solarserver
