[CPEO-MEF] ENERGY: Rhode Island solar project on Navy land

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Navy land eyed for solar project still needs permits

By Derek Gomes 
Newport Daily News (RI)
April 19, 2019 
 
  
PORTSMOUTH - The company that has a ground lease with the Navy to install a 21-megawatt solar array in Portsmouth and Middletown has made significant progress clearing Tank Farm 4 of undergrowth and trees to make way for the panels. But the project still needs permits to move forward.

The roughly 60-acre Tank Farm 4 property is bounded by the Redwood Farms neighborhood to the south and the Overlook Point Condominiums to the north. The proposed development also involves installing solar panels on the former McAllister Point Landfill and Tank Farm 5 south of Greene Lane in Middletown.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.newportri.com/news/20190419/navy-land-eyed-for-solar-project-still-needs-permits

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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