POWER UP

POWER UP — Representatives symbolically flipped the switch Tuesday morning on Skyhawk Solar, a new 100-megawatt clean energy facility, at the site off Airport Road in Obion County. Participating in the ceremony were (from left, kneeling) Nick Kistenmacher, representing U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn; Christopher Moakley, managing partner with Excelsior Energy Capital; (standing) Kathleen Campanella, director of construction for Excelsior Energy Capital; Ed Jackson III, representing U.S. Rep. David Kustoff; Mark Yates, regional vice president, West Region, for the Tennessee Valley Authority; Thomas Gamble, data center facilities manager for Google; Johan Vanhee, chief commercial officer and chief procurement officer for Origis Energy; and Ryan Kelley with Wanzek Construction Inc. Skyhawk Solar is supplying carbon-free energy to Google’s data centers in Tennessee’s Montgomery County and Alabama’s Jackson County.