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.

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