TurtleEnergy, Manasquan, N.J., will install a $30 million PV system at the Lawrenceville School, a private school in Lawrenceville, N.J. According to an article at www.nj.com, Frank Millard, TurtleEnergy's president and owner of Turtle & Hughes, is an alumnus of Lawrenceville's class of 1949 and is working on the project with his son, John Millard, a founder of TurtleEnergy and a member of the school's class of 1979. The article said TurtleEnergy, a solar developer with over 30 completed projects, was established in 2003 as a subsidiary of 87-year-old Turtle & Hughes.

According to a press statement released by the Lawrenceville School, the PV system will produce 6MW and provide 90 percent of the school's electrical needs. Plans and specifications have been submitted to local, county and state authorities for the necessary regulatory approvals. Provided all permits have been obtained, construction is expected to begin in December 2010, and the solar farm will be operational in the second quarter of 2011. The solar farm will utilize single axis solar trackers that follow the sun's path, boosting electrical output. The array, along with collaborative educational programs, offers a “live laboratory” for Lawrenceville's students to work with state-of-the-art solar design. The school is researching ways that may enable continued farming, of either crops or livestock, under and around the solar trackers.

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