Ocean City, Md. officials recently announced a partnership with Constellation, an Exelon company, to build a 10 MW solar energy project that will include more than 30,000 photovoltaic panels on 113 acres of land, according to delmarvanow.com.
The vacation town will use 3.5 MW of energy from the installation, while Eastman Chemical Company will use the remaining 6.5 MW to help power its manufacturing plant in Chestertown, Md.
According to the news site, “the 10-megawatt solar energy project helps to satisfy Exelon's renewable energy commitment to Delmarva, which is serviced by Delmarva Power. This commitment was created when Pepco merged under Exelon in 2016. As a subsidiary of Pepco, Delmarva Power will distribute the energy produced by Constellation's solar project to Ocean City. The solar panels are anticipated to account for about 20% of the town's annual energy use.”
Power generated from the solar panels will be used primarily by the town’s convention center, city hall and water plant. Constellation says the solar energy will save taxpayers approximately $120,000 per year.
Construction on the project is expected to be complete by the end of this year, with the solar panels up and running by early 2019.
