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Biltmore Estate to build 6-acre solar array to supply one-quarter of its electricity needs

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Asheville Citizen-Times reports:
...Officials at Biltmore Estate said Thursday that installation of 5,000 solar panels on six acres will be completed over two months at a cost of $5.2 million. ...

It will be one of the largest solar arrays in North Carolina, said Chuck Pickering, Biltmore’s vice president of agriculture and land use.

The system will supply 25 percent of the estate’s energy. Biltmore Estate uses an average of four megawatts of energy per month. ...Read the full article

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