Dominion Energy adds 81 MW of PV capacity in South Carolina

photonJanuary 21, 2018142

US utility Dominion Energy announced that two South Carolina solar energy projects – including the largest such project in the Palmetto State – have entered service to provide South Carolina Electric & Gas (SCE&G). The company's 71.4-MW Solvay Solar Energy-Jasper County, S.C., facility, located near Ridgeland, S.C., came online on Dec. 21, 2017. It has a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) with SCE&G. Solvay – an international chemicals and advanced materials company with U.S. sites, among others, in Charleston,

Greenville, Piedmont, Rock Hill and Spartanburg – is purchasing all of the associated renewable energy credits (RECs) for 15 years. Dominion Energy's 10-MW »Ridgeland Solar« project, has a PPA agreement with SCE&G as well. The two projects created about 200 temporary construction jobs, says the company.

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