The Virginia financier that bought a 37.5 megawatt Plainfield biomass plant out of foreclosure has brought the facility back online and is feeding power onto the electricity grid.
Leidos Holdings of Virginia assumed ownership of the Plainfield Renewable Energy biomass power plant back in October, following an agreement reached with New Jersey-based Enova Energy Group, the original owner of the plant that failed to finish the $225 million construction.
Leidos has a 15-year contract with electric utility Connecticut Light & Power to sell the power produced by the plant and is already delivering energy to regional grid administrator ISO New England.
As a biomass plant, the facility helps Connecticut reach its renewable energy goals by providing in-state Class I power. The facility powers the equivalent of 37,000 homes.
The company will have a ribbon cutting Monday at the facility on Norwich Road to honor the project’s completion. The construction process employed 430 people with more than 1 million man hours worked.
