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1.3 Million US Made Solar Panels, 875 MW - Orion Solar Farm Goes Live In Texas

22 Oct 2024 | Abstracted from CleanTechnica

"...the three new [Orion Belt] solar farms combined have 1.3 million solar panels manufactured in America by First Solar...at its Perrysburg, Ohio facility...22,800 tons of structural steel for the entirety of the project was sourced from Gerdau steel mills located in Midlothian, Texas, and Cartersville, Georgia.

"...85 percent of that electricity will go to power Google data centers in Ellis County..."

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