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Post by Logan on Dec 28, 2016 5:27:28 GMT -6
MADISON — The state’s largest solar farm could be fully operational this week. The solar energy project in the Madison Business Gateway is more than twice the size of any other in Maine and was constructed by Ohio-based ISG Energy over the summer and fall. It was originally expected to be up and running by Thanksgiving, but the permitting process took longer than expected and construction ran behind. The farm will produce nearly 5 megawatts of electricity and Madison Electric Works will purchase all of it, said utility Superintendent Calvin Ames. He expects the project to be online by the end of this week or very early in the new year. “Everything is getting tested and hooked up now, and it should be producing all kinds of electricity on sunny days,” he said. Read more: www.pressherald.com/2016/12/27/states-largest-solar-farm-prepares-to-power-up/
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