[CPEO-BIF] Pittsfield, Massachusetts photovoltaic facility

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Pittsfield to Host Biggest Solar-Facility in New England

By Tammy Daniels
iBerkshires (MA)
February 17, 2010


PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The city's been selected for a 1.8-megawatt 
photovoltaic installation, the first of several large-scale solar 
facilities being developed by Western Massachusetts Electric Co. and the 
largest in New England.

The facility could generate enough energy to power nearly 2,000 homes 
and is a "win-win" for the city, said Mayor James M. Ruberto.

...

The solar field, on a far corner of the brownfields-turned-business 
park, fits well with the park and is expected to draw interest in both 
what former the GE site and the city can offer existing businesses and 
startups, said David Rooney, president of the Berkshire Economic 
Development Corp. Rooney said the BEDC worked closely with the city and 
PEDA over the past year to secure the project for Pittsfield.

...

For the entire article, see
http://iberkshires.com/story/34015/Pittsfield-to-Host-Biggest-Solar-Facility-in-New-England.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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