After one full year of operation, South Carolina’s largest solar farm is generating clean power and new insights into renewable sources of energy.
Those who live close by weren’t sure what to think when they heard about a new neighbor moving into the area. In the fall of 2013, residents learned Walterboro was going to be the home of South Carolina’s largest solar farm.
“All I knew was the best dove field for miles around was going to disappear,” recalls Jim Floyd, who lives across the street from the farm. “This was a favorite hunting spot.”
In a 15-acre field adjacent to Interstate 95, hunters gave way to construction crews as an army of solar panels rose. Completed ahead of schedule on Dec. 20, 2013, the project by then had a name—the Colleton Solar Farm. Rows of gleaming glass panels, 10,010 of them, began converting the sun’s energy into utility-scale power.
And the reaction today of the residents who live close to the farm? Floyd shrugs. “I hardly give it a notice anymore, to tell you the truth.”
See the solar farm in action – Click here to see how much electricity the Colleton Solar Farm is generating right now.