The Hunt Road Solar project is located on a closed private landfill in Amesbury. The project allowed this unused landfill with little development potential to produce energy, tax revenue, and local construction jobs.
The 6.0-megawatt (MW) installation is comprised of 17,647 LG solar panels, six Solectria SGI XTM 750kW inverters, and a GameChange ground-mount, ballasted racking system. Completed in December 2016, the facility produces over 8 million kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity per year, enough to power approximately 800 New England homes and prevent the annual release of over 6,000 tons of carbon dioxide from non-renewable power plants.
The power from this facility is being sold at a discount to a local municipality. In addition to the environmental benefits of solar energy, the city of Amesbury, where the project is located, will receive substantial tax revenues from the project.
Owner and Operator | Citizens Enterprises Corp. |
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Developer | Citizens Enterprises Corp. |
Electrical Contractor | Fischbarch & Moore, Boston, Mass. |
Permitting Support | Tighe and Bond, Westfield, Mass. |
Installed Capacity | 6.0 MW DC |
Commissioned | December 2016 |
Jobs Created | 50 during construction |
Site Area | 28 acres |
Energy Production | 8,214,000 kWh per year |
CO2 Displacement | 6,000 tons per year |
Mounting Type | Ground-Mount, ballasted |
Racking Manufacturer | GameChange |
Inverter Manufacturer | Solectria |
Inverter Type | SGI XTM 750kW |
Inverter Quantity | 6 |
Module Manufacturer | LG |
Module Wattage | 340 Watts |
Module Quantity | 17,647 |
Module Type | Mono-crystalline |
Tilt | 20˚ |