United Natural Foods sponsors 108.5 MW Trent River solar project in Jones County

United Natural Foods, Inc., together with the solar project developer, Pine Gates Renewables (Pine Gate), as well as U.S. Bank, is investing in 108.5 MW Trent River Solar, a solar facility located in Jones County, North Carolina.

The site, which sits on 640 acres, will contain over 800,000 solar panels and create enough energy to provide power to over 14,000 homes. The solar project will support 300 local and regional jobs and is expected to be completed and placed in service later this month.

UNFI will not acquire the energy created at Trent River nor the renewable energy certificates.