Largest floating solar array in The United States and Canada currently online in New Jersey
- The biggest floating solar array in The United States and Canada is now complete in New Jersey. Owned as well as operated by NJR Clean Energy Ventures, the 8.9-MW solar project covers 17 acres of the Canoe Brook reservoir in Short Hills, New Jersey. The project will certainly provide approximately 95% of the power requires for New Jersey American Water's Canoe Brook Water Treatment Plant.
" Floating solar technology produces new chances for underutilized bodies of water, enabling area that would otherwise sit vacant to allow large-scale renewable energy generation, which aids to bring the advantages of clean energy to much more consumers," stated Robert Pohlman, Vice President of NJR Clean Energy Ventures. "As a leader in New Jersey's solar market, we expect working with New Jersey American Water to support its power requirements and advance the state's clean energy as well as climate goals."
" As the state's biggest water as well as wastewater utility business, it is necessary for us to be excellent stewards of the environment by operating successfully and in a fashion that assists secure our natural deposits," said Mark McDonough, president of New Jersey American Water. "This campaign offers a purposeful reduction of traditional energy usage that benefits the environment, in addition to our clients through minimal capital expenditure and lowered power prices."
The Canoe Brook solar facility was placed into complete commercial procedure in January 2023 after a year unfinished. Canoe Brook is the 2nd floating solar project in NJR CEV's portfolio. The initial, a 4.4-MW array situated in Sayreville, New Jersey, was placed into industrial operation in 2020.
