Worcester’s 28,600-solar-panel project estimated to save the city more than $50 million over the course of 30 years is well over halfway complete.
The 24-acre, 8.1-megawatt solar farm is being built atop the former Greenwood Street landfill and, once completed, will power 20 percent of the city’s electricity needs, said City Manager Edward Augustus. At the end of it’s projected 30-year lifespan, the solar arrays will have saved the city over $50 million dollars, Augustus said.
“There are two huge goals that the city is always trying to pursue that this project is trying to accomplish,” he said. “One is how do you save money… and two is how do you shrink your carbon footprint.”
Once completed, the project will make enough energy to power the equivalent of 1,200 homes annually. Augustus said it will be the largest municipally owned solar array in New England.
