Md. firm building 503 Kw solar field for Eastern Shore power coop - Maryland Daily Record

Daily Record Staff//October 18, 2016//

Daily Record Staff//October 18, 2016//

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This diagram shows the planned location of the solar collection site near Choptank Electric Cooperative Inc.'s regional service center on Walston Switch Road in Salisbury. The construction site visible at the top of the image is the location of the new building's parking and gravel storage lot. (Submitted diagram) — This diagram shows the planned location of the solar collection site near Choptank Electric Cooperative Inc.’s regional service center on Walston Switch Road in Salisbury. The construction site visible at the top of the image is the location of the new building’s parking and gravel storage lot. (Submitted diagram)

A new solar field is under construction for an Eastern Shore electric distribution cooperative, and a company from the other side of the Chesapeake Bay is building it.

Rockville-based Standard Solar Inc. is building the 503-kilowatt, 1,596-panel system on a 1.2 acre field next to Choptank Electric Cooperative Inc.’s regional service center on Walston Switch Road in Salisbury. The project is expected to generate 706 megawatt hours per year for the cooperative’s regional service center in Salisbury, which serves co-op members on the lower Eastern Shore.

The solar project and other technologies will help the cooperative, which serves about 53,000 members, earn Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification for the building. Standard Solar began construction on Aug. 23 and plans to finish by early 2017.

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