US telecom giant AT&T announced on Tuesday that the company has struck a power purchase agreement (PPA) with energy trading company Vitol for 155 MW of solar electricity. The off-take deals involve 80 MW of solar energy from the Bluegrass PV plant in Queen Anne's County, Maryland, and 75 MW of solar power from the Swiftwater solar farm in Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
The solar panels for the project will provide up to 300 construction jobs in Maryland and another 300 in Pennsylvania. The solar sites are scheduled to come into operation in 2022 and 2023, respectively,
