Developer proposes 5.5 MW Clems Way solar project; board forms working group to study pilot payments
Rewild Renewables pitched a roughly 5.5 MW, 15-acre solar project at Clems Way; the Select Board agreed to form a working group of town staff to evaluate a 20-year pilot payment agreement and the project's projected revenue to the town.
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A developer told the Acushnet Select Board March 6 that a proposed solar project at Clems Way would be about 5.5 megawatts on roughly 15 acres and could produce predictable revenue for the town under a 20-year pilot payment agreement. Zachary Farkas of Rewild Renewables said the company has approvals from the planning board and conservation commission and expects construction to start soon; he described a pilot as a way to "flatten" payments and provide revenue certainty.
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