PSE&G brings 15.2-MW brownfield solar project online in New Jersey

• PSE&G has put its biggest solar farm to-date in-service on a brownfield site in Pennsauken, New Jersey. The 15.2-MW Pennsauken Solar Farm is a part of PSE&G's Solar 4 All program.

A business that made porcelain-enameled cast-iron bath fixtures first developed the 32-acre site in the 1920s. From 1973 on, the site has been home to warehouse and distribution operations.

The Solar 4 All program started 10 years ago with four solar farms built on brownfield sites they have, explained Karen Reif, VP of Renewables and Energy Solutions for PSE&G. So it is fitting that their latest and biggest solar farm also is constructed on a brownfield site that they've returned to use. By using these parcels of land, they could continue to give carbon-free, grid-connected solar power to every one of their clients while also preserving scarce New Jersey open area.

Vineland Construction Co. possesses the Pennsauken brownfield site and PSE&G owns and operates the solar farm.

The Pennsauken Solar Farm is the 34th Solar 4 All endeavor, with six constructed on landfill sites and five constructed on brownfield sites. All these 11 solar farms use more than 230 acres of landfill and brownfield space by installing over 80 MW solar power.

Since 2009, PSE&G has spent over $600 million on the Solar 4 All program and created hundreds of jobs. At the height of building, there were roughly 75 people on site, working on the Pennsauken solar project in a range of jobs, such as engineers, electricians, carpenters, heavy equipment operators and laborers.

PSE&G hired Vanguard Energy Partners to act as turnkey engineering, procurement and construction contractor to the Pennsauken Solar Farm.