Marylanders have apparently been good and nice this year. Rather than getting coal for Christmas, they got a large solar power plant installed on the site of an old coal mine.
CPV Renewable Power, part of Competitive Power Ventures, launched the CPV Backbone Solar project a few days before Christmas in Garrett County, Maryland. This is a 160-megawatt solar power project — not the largest, for sure, but the largest in Maryland.
“Situated on a reclaimed, decommissioned coal mine, the 324,000 panels at CPV Backbone Solar are designed to produce enough energy to power 30,000 households, repurposing the land and providing needed generation to the state,” the company announced.
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