Waterford Solar, Waterford, CT
Waterford Solar project is a photovoltaic solar energy facility consisting of ground-based solar racks, panels, combiner boxes, power conditioning systems (i.e., inverters), and buried conduits. The Project needed access roads, perimeter security fences, and paths around the perimeter. The Waterford project is situated on 94 acres of underutilized land previously logged under a forestry operation. The site posed a wide variety of challenges, from rough terrain with sub-surface rock to local environmental and regulatory sensitivities.
Work included:
Mass earthwork using GPS technology
Tree clearing
DEEP standards of erosion and sediment control
Construction of pretreatment sedimentation ponds, diversions swale, RCP, and stone check dams
Construction of array access roadways
Construction of detention ponds
Site hydroseeding
