Green Energy

The City’s commitment to green energy infrastructure is exemplified in its recent cooperative agreement with a private developer to establish a 3.7 megawatt solar array at a former municipal landfill property in our City. The solar array is currently the largest of its kind in Rhode Island and represents an innovative measure to transform a fallow property to productive re-use. This private public partnership has been extremely beneficial for both the solar field developer and the residents of East Providence who are realizing community benefit through the payment of annual lease fees that benefit the City. An   

  additional 3.7 megawatt facility has also been completed, essentially doubling the output      of electricity from this solar array project.