Georgia pecan grower Trey Pippin now harvests more than nuts—he’s also generating electricity from a one-acre solar farm on his property.

His solar farm, near Albany in southwestern Georgia, includes 836 solar panels with a total capacity of 200 kilowatts. At peak times, the system—which went online in early May—generates about 35 kilowatts of electricity.

According to AlbanyHerald.com, Pippin’s solar farm can generate more than 310,000 kilowatt-hours of energy annually, enough to avoid 223 tons of carbon dioxide emissions within the same time period. Over 25 years, the farm could offset an estimated 12 million pounds of carbon dioxide.

Georgia Power has a five-year purchase agreement with Pippin.

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