Entergy involved in solar power pilot project in Mississippi
Published 2:00 pm Wednesday, May 11, 2016
- In this July 28, 2015, photo, electricians Adam Hall, right, and Steven Gabert, install solar panels on a roof for Arizona Public Service company in Goodyear, Ariz. Traditional power companies are getting into small-scale solar energy and competing for space. The emerging competition comes as utilities and smaller solar installers fight over the future of the U.S. energy system. (AP Photo/Matt York)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Entergy says the future is bright as they begin to test solar power possibilities in Mississippi.
A field full of solar panels is much different from the traditional power grids. The massive transmission lines and the nuclear power plants that feed electricity to your homes.
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Entergy Mississippi’s CEO tells WLBT TV (http://bit.ly/1VSYH4T) the pilot project will determine the future for solar power.
Haley Fisackerly says 3,768 solar panels located in Jackson are tracking the sun to generate power. He says they move one degree every nine minutes.
That power is then fed back into the Entergy system.
Fisackerly says three sites are about 500 kw each and when they produce energy that is enough for about 175 homes.
