MANAHAWKIN, NJ-New Jersey’s largest proposed solar project hasbeen approved by the State House Commission, allowing constructionto begin on a 6.5-megawatt solar farm on a portion of the cappedStafford Park landfill.

Construction on the Stafford Park Solar Farm is expected tobegin by year-end, and is scheduled to be completed 18 monthslater. The plan calls for the installation of 24,624 solar panelsin 1,026 arrays on 30 acres of the capped landfill. When completedin phases, it will generate 6.5 megawatts of power.

“It’s been a very time-consuming and arduous process,” saysJoseph A. DelDuca, general counsel and partner of the WaltersGroup, the developer of Stafford Park, which is located on 370acres at the Garden State Parkway and Route 72. “We’re very happyit’s done.”

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