The project is New England's largest solar array.
Using electricity of from the project, Brockton avoids the emission of 595,300 pounds of carbon dioxide each year.
It is planned for the project to be expanded to 1 Megawatt.
The funding for the project includes $3 million from global Solar.
City of Brockton
Office of the City Planner
Lori Ribeiro, Brightfields Project Director
(781) 648-2605
LoriRibeiro@aol.com
The design and installation contract with Global Solar is for $3.037 million, which will be paid through $2.1 million in city funds and grant funds from the Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust and the US Department of Energy URL: www.brockton.ma.us/docs/BrightfieldBrochure.pdf URL: http://govpro.com/issue_20060101/gov_imp_31268/