257 kilowatt solar array will reduce energy costs for refrigerated warehousing facility

NEWFIELD, NJ – RLS Logistics, one of the region's leading temperature-controlled logistics providers, along with HelioSage Energy, a national solar project developer, today announced the successful commissioning of a 257 kilowatt solar array at the RLS headquarters in Newfield. The roof-mounted array will deliver energy cost savings to RLS over the life of the system, which is expected to be at least 25 years.

Christmas arrived a couple of days early for two solar power developers chosen Friday by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to build a total of 10 megawatts of clean power that will go into the electric grid.

Despite a tight timetable that prompted complaints, developers proposed 21 projects, with the winners promising clean energy at lower-than-expected prices. The two projects could power about 10,000 homes.

HelioSage, a major clean energy developer based in Charlottesville, Va. was chosen to develop a five-megawatt solar ground array on a 50-acre site at 407 South Road in Somers.

Read more from The CT Mirror.

Two projects to build solar farms in East Lyme and Somers have been selected by the state to qualify for 20-year power purchase agreements with Connecticut Light & Power and United Illuminating.

The East Lyme Solar Park and the Somers Solar Center were chosen from a 21 project proposals that were submitted to the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. A request for proposals for zero-emissions energy projects was authorized by the General Assembly as part of sweeping energy legislation passed during the last legislative session.

Matt Hantzmon, chief operating officer for Heliosage, the Virginia-based company which won the bid to build the Somers project, said the facility “should be” the largest solar power generation plant in the state.

Read more from The Hartford Courant. 

Cost savings and environmental attributes will benefit New Jersey municipal authority

HACKETTSTOWN, NJ – The Hackettstown Municipal Utilities Authority (HMUA), which provides water and sewer service to more than 22,000 residents in five New Jersey municipalities, has announced that its Water Pollution Control Plant is home to a brand new solar array. The system was financed under a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with HelioSage Energy, a developer of commercial and utility scale solar projects. As the system owner, HelioSage was responsible for all engineering, procurement and construction costs, and will be responsible for ongoing operations and maintenance costs. Over the course of a long term contract with HelioSage, the HMUA’s only financial obligation will be to pay a monthly solar electric bill.

Rooftop system installed by Southern Energy Management to provide 20% of annual power needs for refrigerated warehousing facility

BALTIMORE, MD - MTC Logistics, Inc., the oldest and largest temperature controlled logistics company in the state of Maryland, has “gone solar.” Adding to an existing track record of environmentally sustainable operations, MTC Logistics now owns one of the largest roof mounted solar installations in the state, located at the company’s Port of Baltimore distribution facility. HelioSage, a Charlottesville, VA based solar energy services provider, was retained by MTC Logistics as owner’s advisor for the project. HelioSage handled procurement, SREC contracting, and project oversight.

Follow construction progress as HelioSage client MTC Logistics installs one of Maryland's largest roof mounted solar arrays atop their Port of Baltimore distribution center.

Wastewater treatment plant will host solar array, receive clean power on site

CAMDEN, NJ – The Camden County Municipal Utility Authority (CCMUA) announced that it has selected HelioSage as its partner for a solar powered future. Following a public Request For Proposal, the Authority chose HelioSage, a developer of solar projects in the mid-Atlantic, to finance, build, operate and maintain a large scale PV array at the Camden County Wastewater Treatment Plant, one of the largest wastewater treatment plants in the state of New Jersey.

Roof-mounted solar system will provide school with energy cost savings, teaching opportunities

FLEMINGTON, NJ – Hunterdon Central Regional High School, one of the largest high schools in New Jersey, and HelioSage, a developer of solar energy projects in the mid-Atlantic, have commissioned a 55 kilowatt solar array on the roof of the school’s junior-senior science wing. The solar array, which will be owned, operated and maintained by HelioSage, furthers Hunterdon Central’s track record of innovative, cost-effective facility management, and positions the school as a leader in sustainable operations.

John Koontz has been working in the solar industry since 2007. He had previously been a project manager in the construction industry. While he enjoyed the work there, he was inspired to move to an industry he was personally passionate about. The solar industry provided him an opportunity to apply skills from his previous trade to a new career.