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Commercial solar power production facility opens in Picayune.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 15-NOV-04
Format: Online - approximately 1062 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Commercial solar power production facility opens in Picayune.(Industry & Environment)(Lectrique Solaire, LLC)

Article Excerpt
PICAYUNE -- Mississippi has its first solar photovoltaic farm. No, this isn't a farm using solar electricity to run agricultural operations. This is the state's first commercial enterprise that is using a solar array to "'farm" the sun, producing electricity from photovoltaic cells.

Lectrique Solaire, LLC, is the first advanced photovoltaic power (PV) grid for consumer usage in Mississippi and the Southeast, says Sammy Germany, president and operations director for new business for the company.

"The first 30kW is on line working and all data is showing that the stability is working well," Germany said. "We're expecting to go ahead and do at least three more projects in Mississippi."

The pilot project is one that the company plans to replicate across the region within a few years, providing a boost to the quality of electricity in rural and surrounding corporate limit areas.

"This is not your basic PV system that you would put up on your home," Germany...

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