June 10, 2015
S. Portland hotel seeks to add solar panels
The owners of the Howard Johnson Hotel in South Portland are seeking to add solar panels that would reduce energy costs, but it needs a zoning change approved by the city first.
The Portland Press Herald reported that the hotel’s $900,000 project would entail installing a solar array on a wooded parcel behind the hotel. The array would have 900 solar panels and would help the hotel save $53,000 per year in electricity costs.
The hotel owners are seeking to change the parcel’s zone from residential to limited business use — a move that was endorsed by the city’s planning board in April.
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