Solar

Operations

• Facility will cover approximately 150 acres
• TBA silicon photovoltaic panels
• Single-axis tracking system
• Battery will store up to 2 megawatt hours of solar energy and discharge at a rate of 1 megawatt when the sun isn't shining

Energy production

• Power will be purchased from DEPCOM Power
• Platte River receives full energy output of project
• Will generate power for approximately 4,000 homes per year

Environmental

• Renewable resource of energy
• Zero air emissions

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Operations

• Facility covers approximately 185 acres, approximately the same amount of land occupied by Rawhide Unit 1 operations
• Total of 117,120 photovoltaic panels
• Single-Axis tracking system
• Provides energy on average equal to the usage of approximately 6,000 homes
• Facility produces 64,000 megawatt-hours per year or approximately 2% of the owner communities’ annual energy needs
• Annual output equal to approximately 10,000 residential rooftop solar installations

Financials

• Energy output is purchased via purchase power agreement through 2036
• Fixed price contract
• Platte River receives full energy output of project
• Right to own facility in the future

Environmental

• Renewable resource of energy
• Zero air emissions
• Estimated lifespan of 30+ years
• No new transmission required
• Located at an existing industrial facility, no new real estate (acquisition) needed for installation
• All output dispatched to community utilities; no output curtailed