EDITORIAL: Take the time needed for solar array plan in Southington
EDITORIAL: Take the time needed for solar array plan in Southington
A solar farm is proposed for part of this field at 1012 East St. in Southington, Mon., Dec. 7, 2020. Hartford-based solar energy developer Verogy is seeking state approval to install solar panels on 31 acres of the property owned by the Archdiocese of Hartford. The field is located across the street from Camp Sloper. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
March 04, 2021 06:29PM
More time is needed to evaluate a plan to install a 37-acre solar panel array on prime farmland in Southington. The additional evaluation time, requested by the Connecticut Siting Council, which oversees the placement of major electricity infrastructure, would push the deadline from April 25 to October 22.
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Connecticut’s solar energy sector is entering its next phase, marked by ever-larger projects and greater scrutiny by regulators and farming advocates on the long-term impact ground-mounted panel arrays have on the state’s limited stock of agricultural land.
One upstart solar developer working to become a player in that evolving landscape is Hartford-based Verogy, and the strategies it’s employing to ward off opposition are unique, to say the least.
Since last summer, the three-year-old company has helped convince regulators to approve several of its utility-scale projects on Connecticut farms by allowing sheep to live and graze under and around its solar panels.