Georgia Power Co., the largest U.S. utility company owned by Southern Co., will build and operate three 30-megawatt solar projects at U.S. Army bases in Georgia. Located at Fort Stewart near Savannah, Fort Benning near Columbus and Fort Gordon near Augusta, the projects will be completed by the end of 2016 under a 10-year power contract, Atlanta-based Georgia Power said today in a statement. They are part of the company’s plan to have almost 900 megawatts of solar power by 2016, with more than 500 new projects. The army, one of Georgia Power’s largest energy consumers, is developing the projects through the U.S. Army Energy Initiatives Task Force. The projects will be built at or below Georgia Power’s avoided cost, or the amount it would cost the company to generate the same amount of energy from other sources, according to the statement.