GREENSBORO, N.C. - A Florida-based solar power company has picked a North Carolina county as a finalist for a 4,000 acre solar farm expected to create hundreds of jobs.
The News & Record of Greensboro reports Sunday that a landfill and a prison farm in Guilford County are possible candidates for the ambitious solar farm project.
National Solar Power of Melbourne, Fla., has named the North Carolina county among seven finalists for its $1.4 billion solar project. Other contenders are in Georgia and Florida.
The company says it plans to build a 400-megawatt solar plant. It would be made up of 20 separate 200-acre solar farms, which could make enough power for about 32,000 homes.
The company expects 400 people will be needed for construction, and the completed plant will employ 120.