Green Power EMC Adds 150 kW Solar Facility to Growing Renewable Generation Portfolio

TUCKER, Ga., Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Green Power EMC, the largest renewable energy provider in Georgia, continues to grow its energy portfolio with the addition of a 150 kilowatt solar facility in Warner Robins, Ga. The facility will bring Green Power EMC's total renewable generation to almost 28 MW.

Green Power EMC joined forces with odor elimination manufacturer Clean Control Corp. and solar project developer First Century Energy to build the solar project. Located on approximately one acre at the headquarters of Clean Control Corp., the facility will be one of the largest solar photovoltaic arrays in the state, providing 4.7 million kWh of solar energy to the power grid over its projected 25-year lifetime.

"We're very proud to be involved in the Clean Control solar project," said George Mori, executive vice president at First Century Energy.  "The array speaks volumes about Clean Control's commitment to sustainability and demonstrates the economic development potential for solar in Georgia, as most of the system components and all labor was sourced in the state."

The Warner Robins project and associated power purchase agreement is the second joint project of First Century and Green Power EMC under a pilot program aimed at deploying solar installations in EMC service areas throughout Georgia.

"Green Power EMC is actively pursuing efficient approaches to increasing the supply of renewable energy to Georgia's EMC members," said Jeff Pratt, president of Green Power EMC.  "Distributed solar power generation can help supply a customer's energy needs with little on-going maintenance and no fuel expense."

Currently, approximately 4.4 million EMC-member households across Georgia will have more than 28 thousand kilowatts of renewable energy available to them through Green Power EMC's mix of biomass, solar, and low-impact hydro generation.

About Green Power EMC

Green Power EMC is a not-for-profit cooperative founded in August 2001 to support EMCs in their search for Georgia renewable resources.  The primary efforts of Green Power EMC have been to find, screen, analyze and negotiate power purchase agreements with Georgia-based renewable resource providers.  Green Power EMC was the first green power program in the state with green power resources online and operational in October 2003.

Participating EMCs include Altamaha EMC, Amicalola EMC, Canoochee EMC, Carroll EMC, Central Georgia EMC, Coastal Electric, Cobb EMC, Colquitt EMC, Coweta-Fayette EMC, Diverse Power, Excelsior EMC, Flint Energies, Grady EMC, GreyStone Power, Habersham EMC, Hart EMC, Irwin EMC, Jackson EMC, Jefferson Energy Cooperative, Little Ocmulgee EMC, Middle Georgia EMC, Mitchell EMC, Ocmulgee EMC, Oconee EMC, Okefenoke Rural EMC, Pataula EMC, Planters EMC, Rayle EMC, Sawnee EMC, Slash Pine EMC, Snapping Shoals EMC, Southern Rivers Energy, Sumter EMC, Three Notch EMC, Tri-County EMC, Upson EMC, Walton EMC, and Washington EMC.