Trees are being cleared on a 64-acre Deptford property on Almonesson Road, ahead of development of a large solar field which will include the proper closing (and other environmental improvements) of areas deemed “legacy landfill”.
Factoring in buffers, wetlands and other undevelopable segments, 38 acres of the property will have solar panels. The total property size is 64 acres.
The solar field will be a large array of ground level solar panels, and be developed in three separate phases. Once completed it will generate a combined 15 MW of power, which is stated will serve over 500 low and moderate income residents in the PSEG territory of Gloucester County.
The land for the project is located on a mostly undeveloped stretch of Almonesson Road between the New Jersey Turnpike and the Big Timber Creek. The previously wooded large lot is located directly across from The Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry.