Fairfax County, Virginia, has signed solar power purchase agreements with three teams of solar developers in what it calls the largest power purchase agreement initiative by a local municipality in the commonwealth.
The power purchase agreement service providers will install, own, manage and maintain the solar installations, which will encompass photovoltaic arrays at more than 100 government buildings, county schools and park sites.
Over the course of the 25-year contracts, Fairfax County said, there is a potential savings of $60 million in utility costs.
Over terms of the contracts, the PPA’s will generate 1.73 million megawatt hours of renewable energy, the equivalent of electricity used by about 214,000 homers in a single year.
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