Exelon has entered into a 20-year agreement with Epuron to purchase electricity generated from a solar facility in Fairless Hills, Bucks County. Exelon Generation will sell the physical electricity produced by the solar energy project to the PJM Interconnection.
Officially known as the Exelon-Epuron Solar Energy Center, a SunTechnics Project, ground on the site was broken in March 2008 and the center is scheduled to be operational in the third quarter of 2008. When completed, the site will consist of 17,000 solar panels and will be able to produce about 3,700 MW hours of electricity per year.
This power plant will be the nation’s fifth largest solar photovoltaic (PV) generation project, trailing only facilities in Nevada, Colorado, Arizona and California, making it the largest facility of its type on the East Coast. The development and realization of this project is the result of successful cooperation among Exelon, Waste Management, Epuron, Falls Township, and the Pennsylvania DEP.