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Covenant Living of Cromwell has partnered with Greenskies Clean Focus and Titan Energy, a leading full-service energy consulting company, to install a 159-kW solar energy system on the new Town Center building roof.

The Town Center at Covenant Living of Cromwell, a continuing care retirement community in Connecticut, is committed to conserving energy and becoming more sustainable for the future while at the same time lowering operational expenses, according to Executive Director Dan Stegbauer.

Energy firm Greenskies Clean Focus, which is developing both projects, said the solar farms will be based on agricultural land, an intersection sometimes known as “agrivoltaics” or “agrisolar.”

Greenskies’ new pair of dual-purpose solar power generation and agricultural co-use projects in Orange and East Windsor, Conn., will begin construction later this year after recently receiving approval from the Connecticut Siting Council.

Energy firm Greenskies Clean Focus, which is developing both projects, said the solar farms will be based on agricultural land, an intersection sometimes known as “agrivoltaics” or “agrisolar.” Construction is expected to begin later this year, according to company officials.

“Greenskies is excited to support a growing community of forward-thinking farmers across Connecticut,” said Stanley Chin, president and CEO of Greenskies.

The Connecticut-based firm received approvals to bring farming to two solar fields in a practice called agrivoltaics.

Connecticut-based Greenskies Clean Focus is bringing farming to solar fields across Connecticut. Both projects have been approved in unanimous votes from the Connecticut Siting Council and received endorsements from the State Department of Agriculture for their soil considerations.

The project, at the Covenant Living of Cromwell new Town Center, is projected to save $1.4 million over the next 20 years according to a press release.

The installation of 356 solar panels at the town’s senior living retirement community is expected to save the facility $40,000 a year in energy costs.