2.16.10 Developer wants to double size of Carbon solar park

The Morning Call reports:

The developer that plans to build a solar-energy park in Carbon County wants to double its size, generating electricity for nearly 3,000 homes.

Green Energy Capital Partners of Montgomery County this month asked Nesquehoning for permission to add a second phase to the project, making it the largest solar park east of the Mississippi. The total price tag is $120 million, said company founder and CEO John Curtis.

”Solar farms make good neighbors,” he said. ”They don’t increase traffic. They don’t make a lot of noise. They don’t party. All they do is create renewable energy.”

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