Firm selects Vineland NJ site for solar field

[kristopher]

Firm selects Vineland site for solar field
Jun 21, 2011
Written by
KRISTI FUNDERBURK


VINELAND -- A Monmouth County firm announced plans Monday to develop, own and operate a 4.7-megawatt solar field here.

NJR Clean Energy Ventures, a subsidiary of New Jersey Resources, is investing $23.7 million in the project, Micah Rasmussen, director of corporate communications for New Jersey Resources, said.

The company hired American Capital Energy, a solar engineering, procurement and construction contractor in North Chelmsford, Mass., to build the field near Mays Landing Road and Sherman Avenue, Rasmussen said. It should be operational by the end of September, he said.

Once complete, the solar array will provide electricity to the wholesale market via Vineland Municipal Electric Utility, Rasmussen said. It is expected to produce 7.2 million kilowatt hours each year, he said...

http://www.thedailyjournal.com/article/20110621/NEWS01/106210318

[MineralMan]

1. Link? I'd like to read the rest of the story. Thanks.

[MineralMan]

2. Here's the site location on Google Maps

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Mays+landing+rd+and+e+sherman+Ave,+vineland,+nj&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x89c73351116889ab:0x42b0cdac5bcc7424,E+Sherman+Ave+%26+Mays+Landing+Rd,+Vineland,+NJ+08332&gl=us&ei=aJcATuqWPMiftgftw-T8Dg&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CBkQ8gEwAA

I'm hopeful that environmentalists don't object to this site, as they have done with some other solar sites.