On Friday, November 18th, NRG Energy, announced that its newest community solar facility in Massachusetts has come online in the town of Spencer to serve the electricity needs of 1,600 residential and commercial subscribers in the Commonwealth, including six affordable housing developments.
The Spencer community solar farm — situated on 200 acres of the historic St. Joseph’s Abbey — is 100 percent subscribed and has a rated capacity of 14.7 MW. St. Joseph’s Abbey is a Trappist monastery in which the monks brew beer and make jam in order to bring in revenue for the facility. The addition of a community solar farm on about 10 percent of its ample land not only gives the monks an additional revenue stream but it also aligns with their core values, according to a spokesperson for NRG.
