Solar Landscape has brought its eighth and final community solar project online at the World Harvest Church in Pennsauken, New Jersey.
This final installation completed a nearly 20-MW portfolio of community solar projects, which can power more than 3,000 New Jersey households. The solar projects provide discounted solar power to residents in the vicinity.
Solar Landscape CEO Shaun Keegan said, “This is a milestone for New Jersey’s progress in community solar. Together with our partners across the state, we are bringing affordable solar energy to thousands of people who thought they could never get it, either because they don’t own their home, they live in a place where solar panels aren’t an option or because they lack the financial resources to install them. On behalf of Solar Landscape’s 100-plus employees, we look forward to bringing affordable solar energy to thousands more soon.”
The New Jersey Clean Energy Program’s Community Solar Energy Pilot Program had granted approval for community solar projects in two rounds. In the Year Two of this program, Solar Landscape began the construction of about 46 projects, which generate over 50 MW of power. Once these projects are online, they will provide electricity for another 7,000 households.
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Tri-County Sustainability's Sean Mohen added, “Not only does this mean increasing access to clean energy to more people, it also creates new economic and workforce development opportunities for the area.”
New Jersey League of Conservation Voters’ Executive Director Ed Potosnak said, “Community solar is a great – and growing – option for New Jersey residents who want to join the fight against climate change and save money on energy costs when families don't have a place to put solar or without having to install their own solar panels. We’re thrilled that companies like Asbury Park’s Solar Landscape are moving New Jersey’s clean energy economy forward quickly and focusing on clean energy equity.”
Solar Landscape’s seven community solar projects, which were energized in 2021, generated over 11.5 gigawatt hours of electricity for local residents. It led to a reduction in GHG emissions, equivalent to avoiding more than 9 million pounds of coal burned. The projects have saved $220,000 in energy costs for customers.
Over the next two decades, the company expects New Jersey’s low- to moderate-income households to be able to save $20 million by subscribing to community solar.
