May 7, 2015: New USDA Solar Power System Is Biggest in D.C. Area
Project Totaling 1.6 Megawatts to Power Office and Research Facility
HILLSBORO, Ore. — SolarWorld announced that it has provided 1.6 megawatts of 315-watt, 72-cell monocrystalline solar panels for a project to power the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) George Washington Carver Center. The four-building office campus houses many members of the federal department’s headquarters staff, including its Agricultural Research Service. The ground-mount system located on 10 acres at the facility in Beltsville, Maryland, is believed to be the largest solar power system in the Washington, District of Columbia, area.
The system was commissioned in a ceremony featuring remarks by Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack.