Canadian Solar subsidiary Recurrent Energy has completed the construction of the 100MW Sunflower solar farm in the US state of Mississippi.
Sunflower is located near Ruleville in the Mississippi Delta, providing electricity to Entergy Mississippi’s 461,000 customers.
Recurrent Energy developed and built Sunflower for Entergy Mississippi, which will own it for the life of the facility.
The Sunflower project is one of the first utility-scale solar projects to be constructed under a build transfer agreement in the US.
Recurrent Energy signed the agreement with Entergy Mississippi in 2018 and it was approved unanimously by the Mississippi Public Service Commission in April 2020.
Entergy Mississippi president and chief executive Haley Fisackerly said: “It’s a historic day for Entergy Mississippi, our customers and our state.
“Powering communities is the heart of our business, and this power station does that in several ways-by providing clean, green power to customers and a hedge against rising natural gas prices and giving industries with renewable energy goals an incentive to locate or expand operations in our state.
Canadian Solar chief executive Shawn Qu said: “We are proud to have completed the largest solar project in Mississippi on behalf of Entergy in a way that has supported Mississippi businesses and paved the way for more renewable energy in the state.
“Sunflower is our first build-own-transfer project and our first project in Mississippi. We look forward to supporting the growth of solar throughout the southeast United States and repeating this model which provides additional value for our customers.”