Acciona starts construction of 317 MW Solar project in USA
ACCIONA has begun construction of the 317MWp Fort Bend Solar Farm outside Houston (Texas), its first photovoltaic plant in the United States.
ACCIONA will invest US$280 million in the Fort Bend Solar Plant, which will have a significant economic impact on Fort Bend County, where the solar plant is located, with the creation of up to 450 jobs during peak construction. The PV plant is expected to be operational in 2022.
Joaquín Castillo, CEO of ACCIONA’s Energy division in the US, said: "The start of construction of Fort Bend is a milestone in ACCIONA's history in the United States, as it is our first PV project in the country. We expect Fort Bend to be the first of many, as ACCIONA expects to double its installed capacity in the US by 2023".
In addition, the project will be part of ACCIONA’s Social Impact Management program, which re-invests a portion of the project’s annual revenue into community efforts to improve education, wellness and environmental stewardship.
When operational, the Fort Bend Solar Farm will avoid more than 400,000 metric tons of CO2 emitted annually. This is the equivalent of removing more than 95,000 vehicles from the road and is equal to the carbon sequestered by almost 450,000 trees annually.
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