Tinton Falls Solar Farm | |
Coordinates: | 40.2662°N -74.0831°W |
Country: | United States |
Location: | Tinton Falls, New Jersey |
Status: | O |
Construction Began: | 2011 |
Commissioned: | October 2012 |
Cost: | US$80 million |
Operator: | Zongyi Solar Energy (America) |
Solar Type: | PV |
Ps Units Operational: | 85,000 |
Ps Site Area: | 100acres |
Ps Electrical Capacity: | 19.8 MW |
The Tinton Falls Solar Farm is a 20-megawatt solar photovoltaic power plant located in Tinton Falls, New Jersey. The farm contains 85,000 ground-mounted solar panels, and at the time of its construction, it was one of the largest solar farms in the northeast United States.[1]
The solar farm was developed by Rager Energy LLC and was acquired in 2011 as a fully approved project by Jiangsu Zongyi (a Chinese company) under a subsidiary named Zongyi Solar Energy (America).[2] The purchase price of the raw land was reported to be $5.5 million US dollars (2012).[3]
The solar farm began operations in October 2012.[4] [5]