[CPEO-BIF] Solar farm on Reilly Tar & Chemical Superfund site, Indianapolis, Indiana

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

News Release
Hanwha Q CELLS
April 9, 2014

Hanwha Q CELLS Completes United States’ First Solar Farm on a  
Superfund Site
10.86 MW Solar Farm was fully realized without any incentives
German-headquartered PV specialist breaks barrier frustrating solar  
project developers for more than 20 years
93% volume reduction of site soil movement was achieved

INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hanwha Q CELLS, an international solar  
developer, manufacturer and solutions provider, commemorated the  
historic completion of the first utility scale solar project  
constructed on an active EPA Superfund site. Hanwha Q CELLS was  
joined by project partners including the US EPA, Vertellus  
Specialties Inc., Indiana Department of Environmental Management,  
Indiana Power & Light (NYSE: AES), PNC Bank, August Mack  
Environmental Consulting, URS Corporation, US Utilities and Solar  
FlexRack.

The 10.86MWdc Maywood Solar Farm, located on 43 acres of the Reilly  
Tar & Chemical Superfund site in Indianapolis, was completed under  
the 2012 Indianapolis Power & Light (IPL) Rate-REP program. Of  
critical significance, the Maywood Solar Farm was fully realized  
without additional federal, state, local or corporate incentives and  
used conventional solar project financing. Construction commenced in  
July 2013 and was completed in March 2014, using high efficiency Q  
CELLS Q.PRO L polycrystalline modules, engineered by Hanwha Q CELLS  
in Germany. The Maywood Solar Farm will operate for up to 30 years  
and reduce CO2 emissions by more than 13,000 metric tons per year –  
equal to the annual carbon emissions of more than 2,700 passenger  
cars or 1,800 Indiana residential homes.

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For the entire release, see
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140409005389/en/Hanwha-CELLS- 
Completes-United-States%E2%80%99-Solar-Farm

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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