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. |
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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˚ |