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From musicians to doctors, entrepreneurs to the folks making it all happen, Nashville is a city of stars – one that requires reliable and sustainable energy to shine. Now more than ever, the demand for renewable energy resources is high, not merely for environmental preservation but to guarantee a robust energy infrastructure that can be sustained into the future. In response to this shift, NES transformed an unassuming landfill site into Nashville’ s first ever community solar park, Music City Solar, highlighting the true power of community. Encompassing a dazzling 17,020 state-of-the-art solar panels, the project has been a monumental step in Nashville’ s clean energy journey and has generated over 17 million kWh of energy so far. To empower its customers to join the renewable revolution, NES has also introduced a range of incentives available to those wishing to take advantage of its sustainable solutions.
“ As customers desired more alternative energy options, NES developed Music City Solar, Nashville’ s first community solar park in 2018,” Teresa says.“ Since then, through our partnership with TVA, NES has created the option to have cleaner energy as part of the energy mix through a program that allows us to develop five percent of our generation needs through renewable resources. NES is developing a 160-megawatt solar farm in partnership with Silicon Ranch, a local solar developer. Additionally, NES launched two customer-facing solar programs – NESolar Savings and NESolar Connect – that provide incentives and income opportunities for customers who adopt solar technology.”
Whilst doing good for the environment, these initiatives also help NES’ customers to give back to their local communities, providing the opportunity to purchase solar panel subscriptions for themselves to cut
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