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July 23, 2020

Plan submitted for another solar facility in East Windsor

Photo | Contributed A commercial solar array.
By Joe Chaisson, Journal Inquirer

An application for a 4.9-megawatt solar photovoltaic facility in East Windsor was submitted Monday to the State Siting Council by Greenskies Clean Energy.

Pending approvals, the developers would commence financing, detailed engineering, procurement, and construction efforts in 2020, with commercial operation planned for 2021, the application says.

The development marks the second solar project announced in town in just under a month. Plans for Gravel Pit Solar Project, a 120-megawatt development, are expected to be submitted to the State Siting Council by the end of the week, First Selectman Jason E. Bowsza said.

Green Skies is proposing a solar facility on two parcels within the town’s A-1 agricultural/residential zoning district. The solar array would use approximately 28.7 acres of the 39 total acres, the application says.

The parcels, which are owned by the Mulnite family, are active farmland with existing farm roads and tobacco barns and have frontage to the east on Rockville Road and Barber Hill Road.

The Mulnite family has been farming the property since 1905. Rental income generated by the solar project would support the landowner’s business, Mulnite Farms Inc., the application says.

The photovoltaic arrays are anticipated to bemade up of 395-watt panels, per the application.

Greenskies Clean Energy has developed, owns, and will operate other large-scale ground-mount projects in the state, including a 5-megawatt alternating currency facility in North Haven, another 5-megawatt alternating currency facility in Stonington, and finally a 1-megawatt alternating current system at the East Haven Landfill.

According to Selectman Charlie Nordell, approval will not be needed from the Board of Selectmen unless a tax abatement agreement is reached as the development is a state-sited project.

Bowsza said that the developers have approached him about a possible agreement and talks are planned sometime next week.

The developers plan to submit an application for a General Construction Stormwater Permit for the proposed facility, which will run in parallel to the Siting Council review and decision, per the application.

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