Connecticut-based Greenskies Renewable Energy has signed a contract with the City of Middletown, Conn., to build a 217 kW solar photovoltaic system on a parcel of city property adjacent to the Higby/Bacon Water Treatment Plant.
The Water Pollution Control Authority unanimously voted Tuesday night to move forward with a proposal to work with Greenskies Renewable Energy to bring numerous solar panels to the Pawcatuck and borough sewage treatment plants.
The Water Pollution Control Authority voted unanimously Tuesday night to offer its nonbinding support for a plan by Greenskies of Middletown to install hundreds of solar panels at the borough and Pawcatuck sewer treatment plants.
The Wilton Energy Commission has recommended that the town hire Middletown-based Greenskies Renewable Energies to install solar panels at Middlebrook and Miller-Driscoll schools.
The Water Pollution Control Authority expressed interest Tuesday night in taking steps to bring solar panels to two of the town’s sewage treatment plants.
Greenskies Renewable Energy has been designated the approved solar contractor for school districts in northern and central New York state and Long Island, according to the New York Power Authority, which administers the state’s K-Solar program.
In an effort to cut costs, the town’s Water Pollution Control Authority is looking into the possibility of putting solar arrays at two of the town’s wastewater treatment plants.