UGE obtains go-ahead for 10-MW community solar portfolio

• In March, solar developer UGE got to the Notification to Proceed milestone for 6 new community solar projects throughout Maine, New York City as well as Maryland. In overall, these six projects will certainly include 10 MW of distributed solar to the grid.

Among the six projects being gotten ready for construction are the largest roof solar project in Maine, UGE's initial project in Maryland as well as UGE's 2nd brownfield solar redevelopment project. All projects will certainly be possessed and operated by UGE.

Maine

Maine will quickly have its largest rooftop community solar project, to be built at Foxcroft Academy, an independent secondary school in Dover-Foxcroft. Foxcroft Academy and also the nearby school district will certainly off-ake the energy created by the project, supplying both with significant power price savings over the following 20 years.

" A recognition for the natural environment is a core value of the Foxcroft Academy community," said Arnold Shorey, head of school. "We are proud to be playing a part in Maine's transition to clean, renewable energy while offsetting both the monetary as well as ecological prices of our school's power usage."

Two other projects in Maine will begin construction in the coming months: UGE's second brownfield solar redevelopment project, a 2.7-MW ground-mount to be constructed atop a former concrete manufacture and storage space site; and UGE's biggest community solar project to date, a 2.9-MW ground-mount to be constructed just in the future in Bangor, Maine. All power produced by the projects will certainly be made use of by local citizens that will certainly reduce electrical power prices while supporting Maine's shift to clean, renewable energy.

Maryland

UGE will certainly quickly break ground on its very first project in Maryland, a 2.7-MW ground-mount community solar farm in Oakland.

The project will certainly be developed at Lucas Landscaping and also Grass Farm, which has stayed in business considering that 1980 and also is the biggest turf cultivator in Western Maryland. The solar project will certainly occupy 20 acres of the 160-acre farm, which will certainly proceed operating.

" We are pleased to be diversifying our company, including a solar farm to our existing grass farm," stated Adam Lucas, owner of Lucas Landscaping. "Along with creating additional revenue for Lucas Landscape design, we delight in that the solar farm will certainly give clean and budget-friendly renewable energy to the Oakland community."

The Lucas community solar project will join UGE's Low-to-Moderate Income (LMI) program, implying that at least 30% of the energy created by the project will certainly be scheduled for LMI homes. Reinforcing renewable resource equity is among UGE's directing objectives, with a specified target for greater than 25% of the offtake from UGE's functional portfolio to offer LMI households by 2026.

New york city

In New york city, two brand-new rooftop projects will be joining UGE's operating portfolio, a 457-kW project in Peekskill, and a 375-kW project in Queens.

The Peekskill project, which has actually currently begun construction, is atop Spare Cube, a self-storage facility. The Queens project will be built atop a modern storage facility incomplete near John F. Kennedy International Airport that is had and also created by New york city City-based property programmer Wildflower Ltd. This will certainly be UGE's 6th solar project finished with Wildflower, with an additional 3 presently under growth.

" Our long-term partnership with UGE sustains Wildflower's mission to produce cutting-edge, sustainable and socially valuable physical facilities in New York City," said Adam Gordon, taking care of companion of Wildflower. "We delight in to be bringing yet one more community solar project to life with UGE."

As part of a continuous collaboration revealed in November 2021, wireless service provider T-Mobile will function as the anchor energy off-taker for both projects, sustaining T-Mobile's commitment to power its business making use of 100% renewable resource. UGE will reserve 50% of the project's power result for reduced- to moderate-income customers, offering these families and companies upwards of 10% savings on their electrical energy prices.