Largest AG solar plant.

Paramount Farms, Lost Hills, CA, the world's largest vertically integrated supplier of pistachios and almonds, has begun operation of a 1.1 MW, $7.5 million solar energy plant in California's San Joaquin Valley.

Spanning eight acres, it is the largest single-site, privately-owned, operating solar plant in the U.S. and is expected to supply about 15% of the energy that the company's nut processing facility uses each year.

"Paramount Farms is committed to a balanced green strategy, one that utilizes clean energy to reduce costs and improve efficiency," said Dave Szeflin, VP, Operations, Paramount Farms. The alternative energy generated will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and fuel consumption while contributing to the municipal power grid, supplementing the city's power supply.