Public-private partnership remediates environmental damage
while reducing carbon footprint
RED
BANK, N.J., May 13, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- CEP Renewables announced that construction has
begun on its 19 MW dc grid supply Foul Rift solar project located
in White Township, Warren County, New
Jersey. The project is being developed on a brownfield, an
environmentally impaired site, that had been the home to a
composting facility for nearly three decades. Prior to the
cessation of operations, the facility had a long history of
violations received from New Jersey Department of Environmental
Protection (NJDEP). CEP's development of this project will complete
the environmental remediation at this site while also providing
reliable clean energy, pollinator habitats and greater tax revenue
for the local community. This fixed-tilt, bifacial solar module
project is expected to reach commercial operation by September 2024.
"This project is the perfect example of the use of the renewable
energy subsidy to not only reduce the regional carbon footprint,
but also remediate environmental damages that would not have
otherwise been addressed," said Chris
Ichter, Executive Vice President at CEP Renewables. "We are
pleased to have been able to leverage our prior experience on
similarly challenging landfill and brownfield solar projects to
develop a successful public-private partnership with White Township
that will positively impact generations to come."
When CEP first came across this property, it had been
contaminated as a result of the composting facility's operations.
An extensive environmental investigation indicated that the soils
were contaminated with metals including arsenic and polycyclic
aromatic hydrocarbons that necessitated the use of an institutional
control. In total, the investigation identified ninety-two separate
notices of environmental violations from NJDEP. In order to bring
the site into compliance with NJDEP, CEP removed the remaining berm
of compost and waste materials and worked with NJDEP to
successfully resolve the remaining violations and terminate the
solid waste permit.
As part of its partnership with White Township, in exchange for
certain interconnection easement rights, CEP also agreed to create
a porous pavement walking path circulating throughout the
Township's recreational fields. This is an improvement that the
Township had been planning to build, but which had long remained
unfulfilled due to lack of funding. In addition to turning an
environmentally hazardous site into a revenue generating asset, the
Foul Rift project also contributes to New
Jersey maintaining its ranking as the number one U.S. state
for installed solar capacity per square mile. This project also
further supports the state in achieving its goal of 100 percent
clean electricity by 2035 - the most ambitious clean energy goal in
the country.
About CEP Renewables:
CEP Renewables designs,
develops, and builds grid-connected, utility-scale solar projects.
With global expertise developing projects in Europe, Asia,
and North America, the company has
turned its attention to New Jersey
and supporting the Governor's ambitious Energy Master Plan
(requiring 100% utilization of clean energy by 2050). CEP utilizes
its highly-skilled professional team to implement complex
remediation, engineering, and permitting strategies that allow it
to bring particularly challenging projects from conception to
energization. For more information
visit https://www.ceprenewables.com/.
CEP Renewables Media Contact:
Lisa DeMarco
377560@email4pr.com
310-990-1925
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