U.S. Silicon Ranch to invest about $150 mln in Georgia solar projects

U.S. Silicon Ranch, a solar platform for Dutch oil major Shell, seeks to invest approximately $150 million in three solar projects in Early County, Georgia.

Silicon Ranch Corp. is already working on a 102.5-megawatt solar farm built in partnership with Walton EMC to help support Facebook’s data center in Newton County.

Additionally, Silicon Ranch will power its facility with more than 355,000 solar modules from Hanwha Q CELL’s new manufacturing facility in Whitfield County, the largest of its kind in the Western Hemisphere.

Moreso, the power generated from Silicon Ranch’s two other solar farms in Early County will be sold to Green Power EMC and provide low-cost and reliable solar energy to more than 30 electric membership corporations across the state.