FirstEnergy subsidiary Mon Energy has accomplished its photo voltaic web site at Fort Martin Energy Station in Maidsville, W. Va., the primary of 5 initiatives Mon Energy and its sister firm Potomac Edison have deliberate.
Practically 50,000 panels generate as much as 18.9 MW per hour on the roughly 80-acre web site, says the corporate. Finally, the 5 websites are anticipated to collectively generate as much as 50 MW.
“We’re proud to have achieved our objective of finishing this photo voltaic web site utilizing native union staff,” says First Power’s Jim Myers. “It is very important have this voluntary choice out there to prospects, as renewable power is a big financial driver in each attracting new business to West Virginia and maintaining present corporations that now require a portion of their electrical energy to come back from renewable sources.”
In August, the West Virginia Public Service Fee accredited the businesses’ request to assemble the Fort Martin photo voltaic web site and two others in Rivesville, Marion County and Marlowe, Berkeley County. Building of the websites is anticipated to be full by the top of this yr.