A solar power company has announced plans to expand into
Liberty County.
National Solar Power, which is based in Melbourne, has
entered into a solar farm development agreement with Liberty County to build an
up to 100 Megawatt solar energy project on property in Liberty County –
adjacent to an already existing project in Gadsden County.
Up to five 200-acre, 20 MW farm segments are planned at a
cost of $70 million each – potentially injecting hundreds of millions of
dollars in the Liberty County community.
The company estimates the project will create up to 100 jobs
during the five-year construction phase and up to 25 permanent operations jobs.
The solar farm will have a three-person maintenance crew, an
engineer and security personnel for each 20 MW farm segment and estimates the
permanent operations jobs will have an average salary of about $40,000 dollars
per year.
The project is currently seeking the necessary local and
state, and when that’s complete the first phase of the project is expected to be
up and running within six to seven months of breaking ground.
The company has already entered into an agreement with
Progress Energy Florida and is having discussions with other potential
customers to purchase power generated by the solar farm.
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