SolarCity to install 13 MW of solar power with 6 MWh of battery storage across Connecticut and Massa - Polidicks

[IMG]https://photos.prnewswire.com/prnvar/20160505/364044[/IMG] [QUOTE]NORWICH, Conn., May 5, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Connecticut Municipal Electric Energy Cooperative (CMEEC), SolarCity (NASDAQ: SCTY) and Brightfields Development, LLC (Brightfields) today announced the development of 13 megawatts (AC) of solar power systems and at least 1.5 megawatts (6.0 megawatt hours) of energy storage systems located in southern Connecticut. CMEEC will use the solar and stored energy generated by the systems to provide a cleaner and more resilient power infrastructure for its municipal utility members and wholesale electric customers. CMEEC's member utilities serve more than 70,000 homes and businesses in six Connecticut communities as well as multiple communities in Massachusetts. SolarCity and its development partner Brightfields have begun work on seven solar project sites which will comprise nearly 57,000 panels supplying clean, local solar energy when CMEEC needs it most. The sites are located in Bozrah (off of Brush Hill Road), in Norwich (on a portion of the Mountain Ash Farm and also on the city's former landfills located at Rogers Road), and in Groton (on open land provided by Northeast Housing LLC, which is managed by Balfour Beatty Communities, adjacent to the Navy Submarine Base). The energy storage solution installed at Mountain Ash Farm represents SolarCity's first capacity services project, whereby the company will provide engineering, installation, and maintenance of a battery storage system that CMEEC can control using SolarCity's proprietary GridLogic control platform. Through GridLogic, CMEEC will be able to remotely and instantaneously dispatch stored solar energy to manage load spikes and optimize the operational performance of the distribution system. ... Under the terms of the 20‐year solar power purchase agreements, SolarCity and its financing partners will build, own and operate the solar power systems while CMEEC will take advantage of locally produced, clean solar energy without the burden of a more traditional asset ownership structure. CMEEC will provide the renewable power from these systems to all its customers throughout its portfolio of member utilities in the cities of Groton and Norwich, the Borough of Jewett City, the Second (South Norwalk) and Third (East Norwalk) Taxing Districts of the City of Norwalk, Connecticut, and Bozrah Light and Power Company. Additionally, the storage solutions will be financed by SolarCity, allowing CMEEC to pay a fixed rate to utilize the battery storage system that will lower operating costs and provide savings for its customers. ... All of the solar power systems are located on lands that are relatively under-utilized or are no longer being used for agricultural purposes. Mountain Ash Farm provides an ideal location for generating solar power while maintaining the property for the Stott family, who has owned the land for over seven generations. Instead of traditional dairy farming or growing corn on this land, the Stott family will now "harvest" solar energy for years into the future. [/QUOTE] [URL="http://investors.solarcity.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=969316"]Source[/URL]

Never thought I'd see my city in sensationalist headlines lmao. That's awesome though, Connecticut has really been pushing for people to adopt solar. My family did like in 2008 or so, saves us a lot of money and we sell back what we don't use.

Sweet, its about time ct gets serious about green energy. Now we need some wind farms in the long island sound

Huh, I would have thought that having solar energy that far north would start to be cost prohibitive given how little sun is in the summer and amount of clouds/storms received in the spring and summer.

[QUOTE=JohnFisher89;50262942]Huh, I would have thought that having solar energy that far north would start to be cost prohibitive given how little sun is in the summer and amount of clouds/storms received in the spring and summer.[/QUOTE] CT gets on average 4 sun hours per day I believe, also CT is like in the top five for the highest cost of electricity in the US iirc. So it's easy to make money back even with the lower amount of sun hours per day.

[QUOTE=Morgen;50263038]CT gets on average 4 sun hours per day I believe,[B] also CT is like in the top five for the highest cost of electricity in the US iirc[/B]. So it's easy to make money back even with the lower amount of sun hours per day.[/QUOTE] Ah that makes sense, I guess it would become more viable if you are paying ~18.1c per Kw/h, excluding Alaska and Hawaii you are correct.