ESA Renewables Creates 36 Jobs at North Carolina Solar Installation

Top Quote As Brasstown's newest solar farm is commissioned, thirty-six area residents are employed. End Quote
  • (1888PressRelease) June 30, 2011 - ESA Renewables, LLC, a leading turnkey solar system provider, created thirty-six local jobs in the Brasstown, NC area for the construction and operation of their 1MW solar installation.

    The Brasstown solar array benefits the community in a two-fold way. It has brought work for local citizens and it provides clean solar energy which is sold to the Tennessee Valley Authority.

    The 1MW solar farm is estimated to generate 1.3 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) per year, which is enough to power more than 150 average sized homes and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by over 1,600 tons annually. This is equivalent to the carbon dioxide emissions from the consumption of more than 167,000 gallons of gasoline.

    "The installation of this solar project has had and will continue to have a large community impact in many ways, specifically through job creation," said Jeffrey Burkett, president of ESA Renewables. "Thirty-six local construction workers, supervisors, electricians and engineers have been employed since its inception."

    The solar farm is located on a 5 acre parcel in Brasstown, North Carolina. This solar array consists of 4,242 Canadian Solar silicon solar modules and was completed in just one month, a comparatively quick amount of time. The solar project is visible from one of the main roads in the area, Highway 64.

    The farm was designed, engineered, procured, constructed and managed by ESA Renewables, LLC. ESA will operate and maintain the farm for the duration of the 10-year contract.

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