SOLAR GOOD FOR JERSEY

PSE&G Selects Sites and Developers for 4 NJ Solar Projects Totaling 12 MW; Would include the two largest solar projects in New Jersey…
January 6, 2010 (PR Newswire)

"PSE&G [announced] it has selected four sites and developers for over $50 million in investments in 12 megawatts of grid-connected solar energy…

"All four ground-mounted solar farms would be among the largest to be developed in New Jersey, with the Hamilton project being the largest in the state and the project in Linden the second largest…Approximately 150 jobs will be created when installation begins…"

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"The design and installation work will be completed by four different solar developers: J. Fletcher Creamer & Son, headquartered in Hackensack, NJ (Edison; 2 MW); American Capital Energy; headquartered in North Chelmsford, MA (Hamilton, 5.1 MW); Advanced Solar Products; headquartered in Flemington, NJ (Linden, 3.6 MW) and Sun Edison, headquartered in Beltsville, MD (Trenton, 1.3 MW). With permission from local zoning and permitting boards, construction will begin in the spring [and be completed this summer and fall]…All four sites will utilize crystalline solar panel technology and have monitoring and communications functionality.

"These four solar firms were chosen through a highly competitive and technical review process. By selecting multiple qualified solar firms, PSE&G is helping create jobs in New Jersey and grow the solar industry…"

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"Together, the four projects will produce enough energy to power about 1,300 homes and eliminate some 6,700 tons of CO2 emissions, the equivalent of removing nearly 1,200 cars from the road for one year.

"The projects are part of PSE&G's Solar 4 All program, which was approved by state
regulators in July. The program involves a total of $515 million investment in 80 megawatts of solar, creating green jobs and nearly doubling the size of New Jersey's installed solar capacity. The state has made significant inroads in the last few years, installing more than 100 MW of solar energy, making it second only to California in terms of the amount of solar capacity installed…"