The Connecticut Siting Council will reconsider a petition for a previously rejected solar facility on South Road following a series of design revisions. Bridgeport-based Santa Fuel Inc. submitted its first petition for the Somers project in January, detailing a 22.1-acre development at 159 South Road originally designed to generate 3.85 megawatts of electricity. Santa Fuel Inc. stated in its six-page motion, dated Sept. 12, that the proposed facility has been reduced in size, now designed to generate roughly 3.575 megawatts of electricity using 21.6 acres of land, and shifted overall to the north with other changes to its layout and design. At a meeting Thursday afternoon, the Siting Council voted unanimously to accept the motion and to hold a hearing on the revised petition. Other changes listed by the company include sound barrier walls adjacent to the facility’s inverters, intended to reduce noise levels at the eastern property line, and a reduction in clearing necessary for the construction of the facility.
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