Sustainability Watch - November 2011

Toray Plastics Launches Solar Farm

NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I.—Toray Plastics (America), Inc., has completed the construction of a $2 million, 445 kilowatt (kW) solar photovoltaic (PV) farm on its 70-acre campus in North Kingstown, R.I. The new, three-acre solar farm is the largest in the state, consists of 1,650 PV panels, and will generate 625 megawatt hours (MWhr) a year, curbing escalating energy costs and reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 340 tons per year.