BATESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – Central Virginia Electric Cooperative (CVEC), in partnership with renewable energy giant RWE, cut the ribbon Wednesday on its 80-acre Midway Solar Facility, located on 135 acres of land outside of Batesville.
With more than 17,000 solar panels manufactured by Qcells in Dalton, GA, CVEC President and CEO Gary Wood said the eight-megawatt facility is already producing electricity for members from Batesville to the top of Wintergreen Mountain, and from Afton to Lovingston and out to Covesville.
“It’s really a significant project that helps a lot of folks,” Wood told the gathering of about a hundred people…