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˚ |