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Planning board approves 92.4 kW Pine Gate Cooperative community solar array with development-agreement condition
Summary
The Planning Board accepted and approved a site plan for a 92.4-kilowatt community solar array to serve Pine Gate Cooperative, conditioned on a development agreement with the town and required permits. The project received a $400,000 state grant and is planned to be installed this construction season.
The Plymouth Planning Board accepted and approved a site-plan review application for a 92.4-kilowatt accessory community solar array serving the Pine Gate Cooperative mobile home park at 52 Beech Hill Road.
Carlson Swafford of the Energy Institute at Vermont Law and Graduate School presented the plan for Pine Gate Cooperative and said the array will be community-owned and provide credits or payments that benefit cooperative members. He told the board the array will be transferred to Pine Gate Cooperative after energization and that operations and maintenance are built into the cooperative model. Swafford said the project was selected to receive $400,000 from a New Hampshire program for low- and moderate-income residential community solar projects.
Technical details were reviewed on the record. The…
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