A West Coast company is launching a second solar project for Brookhaven

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A California solar company is partnering with a White Plains company to build a $2 million solar power plant on city-owned Brookhaven property.

El Segundo, Calif.-based Coast Energy and White Plains-based i.on renewables LLC are collaborating to build a 1.5-megawatt solar plant on 3.5 acres at the Holtsville Municipal Ecology Center at 249 Buckley Road in Holtsville . The city is leasing the land to solar developers, and the facility will be connected to PSEG Long Island’s electrical grid.

The Brookhaven Industrial Development Agency closed economic incentives for the project last month.

This is the second solar project Coast Energy will build in the Brookhaven Town area. Its first project that Coast Energy has acquired in 2022 is an 8.6 MW facility under construction that is currently located at a covered landfill in Brookhaven.

“We couldn’t be more pleased to be working with IDA/City of Brookhaven and I.On Renewables on this second project,” Kip Perry, Coast Energy’s development director, said in a city statement. “The Holtsville solar facility once again demonstrates how effectively we work with solar development partners, such as Daniel Prokopy of I.On Renewables, and help leverage and support their project development efforts through our development capital facility, which may finance pre-NTP activities. It’s great to see this in action again, and the resulting benefits to the community demonstrate the importance of collaborative relationships. Coast looks forward to completing another successful project with our partner while continuing to support additional development in the region.”

Operators of the new facility will use the Holtsville Ecology Center’s installation to provide city residents with additional solar-generated energy, including some of it at reduced rates.

“This project will transform an inactive area into a community value-add area that will provide affordable energy to Brookhaven residents,” Frederick Braun, chairman of the Brookhaven IDA, said in a statement. “IDA and the City of Brookhaven have long been leaders in bringing renewable energy to Long Island.”