Envision Solar and Horizon Energy Group have recently joined together in a strategic Teaming Agreement with the announcement they have both executed a Memorandum of Understanding along with the commencement of design work on a Solar Forest in North Carolina. This will consist of around 2300 Solar Tree structures generating approximately 35MW of clean renewable solar energy. The project is due for completion next year.
Under the terms of the agreement Horizon Energy Group will act as developer and financier with the property owner as host and Envision Solar will provide design, fabrication and delivery of its Solar Tree structures. Installation is expected to begin in the second quarter of 2013.
“This is a massive and exciting deployment of our products,” said Desmond Wheatley, CEO of Envision Solar. “We are thrilled to be working with Horizon on this installation which is ideally suited to our highly engineered Solar Trees. Now we really get to see the value of bringing a modularized and scalable product to market. Our Drag and Drop capabilities make it possible for us to deliver the very high quality that Horizon demands in a highly efficient and scalable manner keeping costs in check but never at the expense of quality. This will be by far our biggest deployment to date and we are ready for it.”
The two companies will work with Green Energy Corporation and McKim Creed Green who will jointly act as the lead development and delivery team for the project. The CEO of Horizon Energy Group, Steve Pullins, said that the company were delighted to be leading the project with a great team.
“North Carolina has proven to be a prudent renewables development state where the people, utilities, and policy-makers are aligned to reduce dependence on finite energy resources” Mr Pullins said. “This installation will be a great benefit to all stakeholders. The skills of our team are unique in the industry, and we believe that this Solar Forest, as the anchor of our microgrid plan, will be the model for future installations. We are creating a sustainable and reliable renewable energy generation plant which will serve the region for decades.”
The Solar Tree structures will be assembled locally and installed at the site by local companies thereby adding to employment opportunities in North Carolina.
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