Construction underway on largest solar project east of the Rockies
Principal
Solar, Inc. (PSI; OTC Pink®: PSWW), a solar power
developer and operator, has agreed to terms to co-develop its first
major solar asset with affiliates of Entropy
Investment Management, LLC (“Entropy”). The 100MW facility, located
in Cumberland County, North Carolina, will produce enough electricity to
power approximately 20,000 average American homes.
Construction began the week of August 17, 2015, and the project is
expected to begin generating power before the end of 2015. In the
transaction, PSI will continue to play an important role in completing
the project’s development phase and sold its interest in the project to
affiliates of Entropy.
“This agreement with affiliates of Entropy represents a significant
milestone for the Company,” says Michael Gorton, CEO, PSI. “We have
established a relationship with a high-caliber team of solar and finance
professionals at Entropy, and have positioned PSI to build additional
utility scale projects with them. This is the next major step toward our
goal of owning and operating gigawatts of solar electricity generation.”
PSI will continue to manage important relationships needed to build the
project and will oversee the achievement of critical development
milestones drawing upon its more than 50 years of expertise building and
connecting power generation facilities to the transmission grid.
“PSI’s team has done a great job of getting this project ready to build.
The team’s expertise will continue to be pivotal to completion on our
accelerated schedule. PSI has demonstrated a commitment to seeing this
project through and at the same time is positioning itself to leverage
the success of this project for its own future growth. We are very
excited about the opportunity to be a part of this marquee project as
well as future endeavors,” said Lewis Reynolds, managing partner,
Entropy.
About Principal Solar
Principal
Solar, Inc. (PSI; OTC Pink®: PSWW), is a solar power
company that is building and operating utility-scale projects. PSI has
an entrepreneurial growth strategy: identify attractive solar projects
at an early development stage, complete their construction and bring
them on line, and sell power via long-term power purchase agreements
(PPAs). The
Principal Solar Institute, an educational organization created by
Principal Solar, Inc., is dedicated to spreading solar knowledge to the
critical stakeholders in the solar and broader electricity markets.
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