McCarthy Constructing New 53 MW Solar Farm for Silicon Ranch in Tennessee

McCarthy Building Companies, EPC Contractor

MILLINGTON, Tenn. – Aug. 1, 2018 – PRLog — McCarthy Building Companies Inc. has begun construction on the 53 MW Millington Solar Farm project in Millington, Tenn., which represents a public-private partnership between Nashville-based renewable energy provider Silicon Ranch Corporation, the U.S. Navy, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), Memphis Light, Gas and Water (MLGW), and the Millington Industrial Development Board (MIDB).

The 402-acre utility-scale solar technology plant shall host 580,000 single-axis photovoltaic panels and represents the biggest solar technology project in Tennessee. Construction is scheduled to perform at the ultimate end of 2018, of which time the facility is likely to generate enough power for 7,500 homes.

Silicon Ranch Corporation, among the nation’s largest independent solar powered energy producers, selected McCarthy’s Renewable Energy team because the Engineer-Procure-Construct (EPC) contractor. McCarthy is in charge of the look, procurement, construction, and commissioning of the facility. Developer Silicon Ranch is funding the installation and can own and operate the array for the long-term.

McCarthy is wanting to hire local subcontractors and craftsmen to supply the majority of on-site work with the construction project in Millington, in the same way it did for several other Silicon Ranch facilities it has generated. The solar facility’s construction is likely to support a lot more than 300 jobs, and McCarthy shall provide local workers seeking utility-scale solar construction experience with on-site trained in pile driving, tracker assembly, and panel installation. Area residents thinking about focusing on the project should visit www.McCarthy.com/careers/search, and enter “solar” to get job postings for Millington, TN positions, such as laborer, operator, apprentice electrician and journeyman electrician.

Silicon Ranch Chief Technology Officer Pete Candelaria said, “At Silicon Ranch we have a long-term view of our relationships and responsibilities in the communities we serve, and we have been focused on using local providers and hiring from the neighborhood labor pool whenever you can. We have been proud to utilize McCarthy to execute this vision, and we thank our partners at the U.S. Navy, TVA, MLGW, and the MIDB to make this project possible.”

“TVA cares about Shelby County which project provides jobs which will allow us to provide reliable, low-cost, carbon-free electricity to the 9 million folks of the Tennessee Valley,” said Jay Stowe, senior vice president of Distributed Energy Resources for TVA. “On the next twenty years TVA will invest about $8 billion to aid our renewable energy portfolio to greatly help our customers meet their carbon reduction goals.”

As portion of the public-private partnership, the U.S. Navy provided a long-term lease of 72 acres of base land at the Naval Support Activity (NSA) Mid-South to support the main array, as the remainder of the land was purchased from the Millington Industrial Development Board.

“Our Renewable Energy team has been working closely with this Southeast operations and we’ve recently completed or are constructing a lot more than 12 solar projects through the entire region, which include Tennessee, Arkansas, Georgia and virginia,” said Scott Canada, senior vice president of the Renewable Energy team at McCarthy. “Solar owners like Silicon Ranch understand the worthiness of the infrastructure to local communities, that will provide clean energy for many years ahead.”

In modern times, McCarthy’s Renewable Energy Team has completed or is along the way of constructing a lot more than 30 utility-scale clean energy projects in communities everywhere, representing a combined capacity greater than 1.3 Gigawatts (GW) of clean energy production. McCarthy earned a 7^th place ranking for EPC utility-scale solar installations in the U.S. by Solar Power World’s 2018 Top 500 Solar Contractors.

About McCarthy Building Companies

McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. (http://www.mccarthy.com/) may be the oldest privately held national construction company in the united kingdom – with an increase of than 150 years spent collaborating with partners to resolve complex building challenges with respect to its clients. Having an unrelenting concentrate on safety and a thorough quality program that span all phases of each project, McCarthy utilizes industry-leading design construction and phase techniques coupled with value-add technology to increase outcomes. Honored as a Best Spot to Work and Healthiest Employer repeatedly, McCarthy is ranked the 20th largest domestic general contractor (Engineering News-Record, May 2017). With 1 approximately,700 salaried employees and offices in St. Louis, Atlanta; Collinsville, Ill.; Portage, Ind.; Kansas City, Kan.; Phoenix; NEVADA; Denver; Dallas, Houston; Albuquerque;san and Diego, Newport Beach, SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, San Sacramento and Jose, Calif. McCarthy is completely employee owned (http://www.mccarthy.com/about/employee-owners/). More info concerning the company can be acquired at www online.mccarthy.com or by following company on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/mccarthybuilding), Twitter (https://twitter.com/McCarthyBuild), LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/company/119184?trk=tyah), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/mccarthybuild/) and Google+ (http://www.google.com/+MccarthyBuilding).

About Silicon Ranch Corporation

Silicon Ranch may be the U.S. solar platform for Shell and something of the biggest independent solar powered energy producers in the national country. Silicon Ranch develops to possess most of its projects for the long-term, a distinction which means the business is deeply focused on its partners and communities and stands behind the performance of its facilities day in and day trip. The business’s operating portfolio includes a lot more than 120 facilities across 14 states from NY to California, like the first large-scale solar projects in Georgia, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Mississippi. For more information, please visit www.siliconranch.com and follow on Twitter @SiliconRanchCo.