International Rollforms, a family-owned roll forming firm, said that it's partnering with installer Mercury Solar Systems for the system, which will comprise 1,205 panels that are expected to generate 438 megawatt-hours of clean energy per year.
"Given the continued demand for our specialized products," said International Rollforms representative James Vosbikian, "we realized that … we needed to increase efficiencies at our New Jersey manufacturing plant." He did not indicate whether the company planned to install solar panels at its other plant in Utah.
Panels will cover 45,000 square feet of the 65,000 square-foot Deptford facility.
Jared Haines, president of Mercury Solar Systems, noted that solar energy was highly desirable from a "return-on-investment perspective." He suggested that the increased uptake of solar power could encourage even more firms "to move towards solar energy."
New Jersey has an ambitious goal for renewable energy: the state hopes to generate 30 percent of its electricity from solar energy and other green sources by 2020.
