Planting a solar farm in Bainbridge was an obvious choice for Hannah Solar. As one of Georgia’s leading solar integrators, the company has completed projects for numerous local farmers including Dollar Farm Products, Brinson Farms owned by Glenn Heard, PGC Farms owned by Greg Calhoun, and members of the American Peanut Growers Group. Solar is no stranger to the Bainbridge community. Solar panels will produce clean, emission free energy for over 40 years and are 100% recyclable at end of life.” Marte remarked, “If you’re driving by you may not notice the solar array because it is silent, not much taller than an August cornstalk, and blue as the fall sky. The support racking for the solar array is manufactured in New Mexico by DPW and the top edge will stand nine feet tall, complementing the surrounding environment. “Southwest Georgia has one of the best solar resources in the United States,” says Pete Marte, CEO of Hannah Solar, “Not only are we able to produce clean energy for the foreseeable future, which will be used in the community, this array will save over 70 million gallons of water over its lifetime.” The power generated from this single array is enough to power approximately 200 homes or one Walmart. Next week the solar panels will arrive on site and be mounted to the racks currently being installed. Hannah Solar purchased five acres from local residents and is working to repurpose the property for green energy production. The solar farm is 1 megawatt in size consisting of 3,360 solar panels and will grow in a large, vacant field off Highway 311 in Bainbridge, Georgia. Hannah Solar, LLC has spent the early weeks of August planting the foundation for the first of many solar farms in Southwest Georgia.
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