Dive Summary:

• Duke Energy Renewables, a division of Duke Energy, has finished construction on The Washington White Post, a 12.5-MW solar farm that was placed into service in December 2012.
• The power generated by the farm is being purchased by the North Carolina Eastern Municipal Power Agency as part of a 15-year agreement.
• SunEnergy 1 designed the solar array and will handle operations, monitoring, and maintenance of the system.

From the article:

"With the 11 MW of commercial solar power we already generate in North Carolina, the Beaufort County facility more than doubles our solar capacity in the state," said Duke Energy Renewables President Greg Wolf . "In fact, it is our largest solar power project in the eastern United States."

Duke Energy Renewables contracted with SunEnergy1, a solar design, engineering and construction company based in Mooresville, N.C., to build the 53,000-panel photovoltaic project. ...