BL England wants to replace golf course with large solar-panel array Press of Atlantic City

01.07.09

UPPER TOWNSHIP - RC Cape May, the owner of the B.L. England power plant, wants to build one of New Jersey's largest solar arrays on what is now its nine-hole public golf course.

The 26 acres of solar panels would generate 4 megawatts of energy for sale to electric customers across the region, company spokesman Stephen Ross said.

This is less than 1 percent of the 447 megawatts the B.L. England power plant can produce at maximum output, but it is enough to power 4,000 homes.

"We're excited about the project. I think it's going to help this end of Cape May County lead the way on green energy in New Jersey," he said.

Golfers said they would hate to lose the course. The course hosts a weekly men's and women's league Tuesday and Wednesday nights.

Company employees have always been involved in the course, down to helping in its construction. They run its clubhouse and are course regulars, getting a discount on rounds of golf here.

But Upper Township residents such as Mike Hagan said they enjoy the course because of its combination of short and long holes. He took off work from his Seaville graphics company, Michael Anthony Graphics, to shoot a round with his son, Michael Hagan Jr.

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