SUN JOURNAL • June 2, 2020
NexAmp Solar, LLC out of Boston is proposing a 5-megawatt, 17,874-panel solar array on 82 acres at 1115 Riverside Drive in Auburn. It’s the first application the city’s seen since adopting a new Ag-Zone solar ordinance. The project, named Auburn Renewables, according to its application, would affix tilted, non-rotating panels on 35 of the 82 acres and connect into an existing Central Maine Power Co. distribution line. Nearly 17 acres of land would have to be cleared of trees, and long-term, sheep would graze under the panels to keep the grass down.