Dominion Energy begins construction on new solar facility in South Carolina
Dominion Energy South Carolina has begun construction on a 6-megawatt solar facility in Bamberg County, S.C.
The Denmark Solar facility will go live in the fourth quarter of this year. It is one of three arrays an affiliate of Dominion Energy has acquired that have long-term power purchase agreements (PPA) with Dominion Energy South Carolina, an electric and gas utility that serves a combined 1.1 million customer accounts. The other two are the Blackville Solar Facility in Barnwell County and the Yemassee in Hampton County.
The three facilities have a generating capacity of 23.2 megawatts. They are all expected to enter service this year. Dominion also plans to purchase the Trask East Solar facility from the same company, Southern Current, in September. Trask East is a 12-megawatt (AC) array is located in Beaufort County.
“We have fully embraced adding solar generation on our system and making it accessible for all customers as we work to help build a clean, sustainable energy future of South Carolina,” Danny Kassis, vice president of customer relations and renewables for Dominion Energy South Carolina, said. “Dominion Energy South Carolina has worked very hard at integrating these new assets and the existing 971 megawatts of solar into our system. We look forward to continuing our work to collaboratively and cost-effectively create a lower-carbon future for our customers and our state.”
Dominion Energy’s solar portfolio was recently ranked third by S&P Global Market Intelligence among utility holding companies in the United States. With a goal of achieving net zero emissions by 2050, Dominion Energy is committed to removing the same amount of carbon and methane emissions from the atmosphere as the company puts into it. This means shifting away from fuel sources such as coal and investing heavily in low- and no-carbon energy such as natural gas, nuclear, and solar.
Dominion Energy South Carolina ranks second in the Southeast with 807 solar watts per customer, which is 2.5 times the average for the region.
