About Martin Solar Farm
Washington County, TN
Martin Solar Farm, a 9 MWac solar development, began officially began generating power in December 2021, becoming Silicon Ranch’s second solar farm partnership with BrightRidge in Washington County.
9 MWac
Project Size
24,375
Solar Modules
100 Acres
Site Footprint
In Partnership With
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GENERATE CLEAN ENERGY, SUPPORT COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Producing enough energy to power about 1,000 homes annually, the 9-megawatt (MWac) facility was named the Martin Solar Farm in honor of the late Ralph Martin, who served for many years as director of the local power company.
Martin Solar Farm was the first project to enter the construction phase under TVA’s new Generation Flexibility Program that is designed to encourage local power companies (LPCs) to develop new distributed generation facilities.
The Martin Solar Farm allows BrightRidge to generate clean energy to lower costs and support community and economic development. In addition, Silicon Ranch contributes significant tax revenues that are accretive to the local tax base and help support the local school district.
BrightRidgeCEO Jeff Dykes announced that energy produced by the Martin Solar Farm will be offered first to area K-12 and higher education systems interested in offsetting some of their electricity needs with cleaner energy sources.
The project was the second solar generation facility on the BrightRidge system built in partnership with Silicon Ranch and TVA. In 2019, the partners commissioned the Telford Solar Farm under the former TVA Distributed Solar Solutions program.
