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US Power Company To Invest Another $883 Million In Solar by Energy Matters. 7 Aug 12,US utility Public Service Electric and Gas (PSE&G) recently announced it will request approval to invest up to USD$883 million to develop an additional 233 megawatts (MWs) of solar energy capacity.

The company made the announcement at an event marking the start of a renewable energy project that will transform a dormant brownfield in New Jersey into a solar farm. This will be the fifth PSE&G  project that uses a brownfield or landfill site for energy production.

Brownfield sites are abandoned facilities often contaminated with materials that make them unsuitable for residential purposes.

“Every time we reclaim a landfill or brownfield site with solar panels, it’s a win for the people of New Jersey,” said PSEG chairman, president and CEO Ralph Izzo. “We are ready to do more of these projects and transform sites like this all over the state to generate more jobs along with clean renewable energy.”

The 1.06-MW PSE&G Hackensack Solar Farm is part of the utility’s Solar 4 All program. When the current phase of the program is complete early next year, PSE&G will have created about 175 direct jobs annually for the last three years and spent $300 million while developing 80 megawatts of solar capacity….  http://www.energymatters.com.au/index.php?main_page=news_article&article_id=3327

August 8, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | renewable, USA