Norwalk’s Campbell Soup Co. said it has flicked the switch on a one-megawatt solar array at its Pepperidge Farm bakery in Bloomfield.
The ground-mounted, 2,720-panel array is expected to generate 1.7 million kilowatt hours of electricity — which is the equivalent of 15 percent of the bakery’s annual energy demand.
It was turned on in late December, but Campbell announced it this week.
The company is aiming to reduce its energy use by 35 percent per ton of product produced in the next five years.
Campbell worked with BNB Renewable Energy Holdings to develop the project. SunPower engineered and built the array, which was financed by PNC Energy Capital.
Campbell is selling the electricity credits generated by the array to Eversource Energy (formerly Northeast Utilities).
