Connecticut Siting Council approves 4-MW project of SolarCity

January 14, 2016 Barry Cassell Generation

The Connecticut Siting Council on Jan. 11 approved an Oct. 9, 2015, application from SolarCity Corp. for a declaratory ruling that no Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need is required for the proposed construction and operation of a 4.05-MW (dc) community shared solar photovoltaic facility.

This project, at 3.25 MW (ac), will be located on municipally-owned property at 1240 Poquonnock Road, Groton, Connecticut. SolarCity, Groton Utilities and the Connecticut Municipal Electric Energy Cooperative have teamed up for this project, with all power from the project to be available for purchase by Groton Utilities customers. It is called the Poquonnock Road Solar Project.

The project site contains Groton’s water treatment plant and an existing power substation. The project will use photovoltaic panels provided by Canadian Solar.

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Barry Cassell is Chief Analyst for GenerationHub covering coal and emission controls issues, projects and policy. He has covered the coal and power generation industry for more than 24 years, beginning in November 2011 at GenerationHub and prior to that as editor of SNL Energy’s Coal Report. He was formerly with Coal Outlook for 15 years as the publication’s editor and contributing writer, and prior to that he was editor of Coal & Synfuels Technology and associate editor of The Energy Report. He has a bachelor’s degree from Central Michigan University.