CNB Archives posted Wednesday, June 11, 2011
By William E. Cleary Sr.
photo(s) Credit CNBNewsnet
(CNBNEWS.NET) GLOUCESTER CITY NEW JERSEY–Construction work has begun at the Gloucester Marine Terminal on the largest rooftop solar power plant (photo above) in North American. Leo Holt, (photo) president of Gloucester Terminals, located at King and Essex Streets in Gloucester City, announced the plans on Tuesday, June 21 at a press conference held on the rooftop of Building 42, a refrigerated warehouse.
The massive, 1.1 million-square-foot project, known as Riverside Renewable Energy, LLC, is a privately-funded $42 million venture that calls for the installation of 27,528 high-efficiency SunPower photovoltaic solar panels that will generate nine megawatts of electricity– or roughly enough to power 1,500 homes – at the Terminal, which is owned by the Holt family.
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