NC-47 Solar Farm
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VivoPower developed, designed, financed and built the 47.6 MW NC-47 Solar Farm in Maxton, North Carolina, USA. NC-47 was the second of two solar farms completed by VivoPower in North Carolina totalling 91 MW.
NC-47 represented the first time Starbucks, a long-time investor in renewable energy, participated directly in the financing of a renewable energy project after years of utilising Renewable Energy Certificate purchases to offset their carbon footprint.
Highlights:
149,000 solar panels over 260 acres
Financing partners included New Energy Solar, U.S. Bank, and Starbucks
80,000 MWh of clean energy per year, enough to power 600 Starbucks stores
56,000 tonnes of carbon emissions displaced annually
