After asking several questions about noise, trees and property taxes, the Sandwich Planning Board on Wednesday, May 5, said âyesâ to a solar farm proposed for a parcel at the end of Jan Sebastian Drive.
The 46-acre property, owned by the Housing Assistance Corporation, was the home of a community garden for several years. The unanimous vote by the planning board on Wednesday night will allow the acreage to metamorphose into 2.1-megawatt ground-mounted solar farm.
The vote came after an hour-long public hearing. Much of that time was used by Lodestar Energyâs Dan Watson, business developer, to describe the project.
Industrial park land that supported a bountiful community garden for many years could soon produce a different kind of harvest.
The Housing Assistance Corporation, a nonprofit housing organization that owns the land, is proposing that its acreage be used for a solar farm.
The proposal was discussed on Wednesday night, January 26, by a subcommittee of the Cape Cod Commission. The regional planning agency reviews all Cape Cod development projects that are larger than 30 acres.
Dan Watson, of Connecticut-based Lodestar Energy, said his company would like to build a 2.1-megawatt ground-mounted solar array on the Housing Assistance Corporationâs 46 acres at the end of Jan Sebastian Drive.