A firm is developing a 1.62 megawatt solar facility in the Otarre development corridor off of I-77, beside South Carolina Electric and Gas.

The 6,156-panel facility is expected to be completed by November. The area where the solar farm is going is in the 12th Street Extension portion of Cayce. TIG Sun Energy IV has been chosen by SCE&G to develop the solar farm.

The solar facility will be located adjacent to the corporate campus of SCANA Corporation, SCE&G’s parent company. It will be put onto the electric utility’s system and generate enough energy to power more than 250 homes, according to an SCE&G release issued Thursday morning.

Photo: Entrance to SCANA HQ on 12th Street Extension, Cayce. 

TIG Sun Energy IV, an affiliate of The InterTech Group, will finance, own and operate the solar facility and has engaged Hannah Solar Government Services (HSGS) to engineer, design and build it.

TIG Sun Energy also developed the Jerry Zucker Solar Park, SCE&G’s first utility-scale solar facility and the first one developed under South Carolina’s Distributed Energy Resource Act (DER) of 2014.
“SCE&G is pleased to partner with TIG Sun Energy and HSGS on the development of this solar facility, which will continue the growth of renewable energy on our system,” said Danny Kassis, vice president of customer relations and renewables.

“It will serve as a visual reminder of SCE&G’s commitment to providing clean, reliable energy to our customers through a balanced portfolio of nuclear, natural gas, coal and renewable generation.”

The Otarre solar facility will help SCE&G exceed its goal of generating at least 42 MW of utility-scale solar under DER by 2020.
“Showcasing solar panels at SCANA’s headquarters makes a statement renewable energy is the future,” said Grant Reeves, senior vice president of The InterTech Group.

“We are proud to be a part of bringing more clean energy online in South Carolina,” said retired Col. Dave McNeil, president and chief operating officer of HSGS.