[CPEO-BIF] Solar brownfield in Stow, Massachusetts

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

PRESS RELEASE
Main Street Power
January 8, 2014


Main Street Power and Partners Announce Completion of 2.5MW Solar  
Energy Facility on a Brownfield Site in Stow, MA

Sustainable land use project supports the state’s solar development  
directives while keeping energy costs low for Stow residents

Stow, Mass., January 8, 2013---Main Street Power Company, Inc. ("Main  
Street Power"), in partnership with MS Solar Solutions Corp., an  
indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Morgan Stanley, today announced  
the completion of a 2.5MW solar project on a brownfield site in Stow,  
Massachusetts. The conversion of the Massachusetts DEP-monitored  
brownfield site into a productive, energy-generating resource  
supports the state’s solar siting priorities while keeping energy  
costs low for local residents.

The solar facility is located on a leased 12-acre parcel of land and  
was constructed in less than four months by solar EPC firm Gehrlicher  
Solar America Corp. Gehrlicher maintains an active sales and  
engineering office in Boston and utilizes local labor for its  
projects in Massachusetts. The project is owned and operated by Main  
Street Power. “Our mission is to deliver affordable solar energy to  
mainstream America through ownership and operation of distributed  
generation projects,” stated Amory Host, CEO of Main Street Power. He  
added, "The environmental and local participation in this sustainable  
land use project make it a perfect fit for our portfolio."

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For the entire release, see
http://mainstreetpower.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/ 
Stow_FinalPressRelease.pdf

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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