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Chicopee River Solar

The Chicopee River Solar project was constructed on a capped landfill owned by the Westmass Area Development Corporation, a regional, not-for-profit with the mission of promoting business growth in Western Massachusetts.

The landfill, located in the Chicopee River Business Park in the city of Springfield, is closed in by a highway and had little prospect of development potential. Moreover, Eversource, the utility serving the city, had no access to the site.

Citizens Energy worked with Chicopee Electric & Light Department and Eversource to sort through jurisdictional challenges and connect the array to the grid.

The 2.6-megawatt (MW) project generates enough electricity to power over 250 homes and displace over 2,500 tons of carbon emissions from the atmosphere annually.

Owner and Operator Citizens Enterprises Corp.
Developer Citizens Enterprises Corp.
General Contractor M.A. Mortenson Company, Minneapolis, Minn.
Electrical Contractor Mass. Electric Company, Waltham, Mass.
Permitting Support Tighe and Bond, Westfield, Mass.
Installed Capacity 2.6 MW DC
Commissioned January 2015
Jobs Created 55 during construction
Site Area 13 acres
Energy Production 3,400,000 kWh per year
CO2 Displacement 3,000 tons per year
Mounting Type Ground-Mount, ballasted
Racking Manufacturer GameChange
Inverter Manufacturer SMA
Inverter Type Sunny Central 500CP-US
Inverter Quantity 4
Module Manufacturer JA Solar
Module Wattage 310/315 Watts
Module Quantity 8,388
Module Type Poly-crystalline
Tilt 25˚

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