Ameresco completes 18.6 MW Army project; installs 59,994 solar panels
Framingham’s Ameresco has completed an 18.6 megawatt (MW) direct current solar facility built for the U.S. Army in Maryland.
The solar facility is located at the U.S. Army Garrison Fort Detrick Army in Frederick, Maryland. The large-scale solar project, now operational, is comprised of 59,994 solar panels installed across 67 acres of land throughout Area B at Fort Detrick.
The facility is one of the largest in the mid-Atlantic region as well as in Maryland. The project is designed to serve about 12 percent of Fort Detrick’s annual electric load requirements. Fort Detrick will consume all electricity supplied by the facility.
Ameresco designed, built, owns, operates and will maintain the large-scale solar facility and Fort Detrick will purchase the renewable electricity from Ameresco through a 25-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA). The electricity to be generated by the facility is the equivalent of powering 2,720 homes per year and it will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 19,000 metric tons annually.
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