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Carroll County reviews proposal for 100 kW solar array at corrections facility
Summary
County commissioners heard a presentation on Feb. 9 comparing three bids to install a roughly 100 kW solar array that a presenter said would generate about 200,000 kWh/year and offset roughly 23–28% of the corrections facility’s estimated 750,000 kWh annual need; no vote was taken and a committee will issue a recommendation.
An unnamed presenter to the Carroll County Commission on Feb. 9 outlined a proposal to install a roughly 100 kilowatt AC solar array near the county corrections facility that, according to figures in the presentation, would generate approximately 200,000 kilowatt-hours per year and offset roughly 23–28% of the facility’s stated annual load.
The presenter said the county solicited three quotes — from Barrington Power, Revision Energy and New England Clean Energy — and ran side-by-side internal-rate-of-return calculations under two financing scenarios: a loan from the Community Development Finance Authority at 2.75% interest and an all-upfront purchase. The presenter said the loan scenario produced a “very strong IRR,” and that, under the assumptions used, the projects would begin producing…
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