{"id":4787,"date":"2011-06-29T08:16:56","date_gmt":"2011-06-29T12:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/?p=4787"},"modified":"2017-09-05T17:50:37","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T21:50:37","slug":"major-solar-power-farm-in-austin-under-construction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/major-solar-power-farm-in-austin-under-construction\/","title":{"rendered":"Major Solar Power Farm in Austin Under Construction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_4788\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4788\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1311.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1311-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_1311\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1311-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1311.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4788\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Austin Solar Farm<\/figcaption><\/figure>By December the city of Austin in Texas will have a 30-megawatt solar project feeding into its grid.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Built in Webberville, about 20 miles east of downtown Austin, this Austin Energy project has already seen 7,000 out of 140,000 solar modules installed over the last few weeks. <\/p>\n<p>The farm will span 380 acres and will produce enough <a href=\"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\">renewable energy<\/a> for more than 5,000 homes.<\/p>\n<p>Austin Energy, the 9th largest public power utility in the country, <a href=\"http:\/\/austinenergy.posterous.com\" target=\"_blank\">said in its blog<\/a> that it has a contract to purchase all the energy produced by the site for a 25-year period. 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