Why build such a large industrial facility in a small, rural community?
The 100-year-old industrial site, the former home of Westfield River Paper Company, on Station Road across the Westfield River from the Russell waste water treatment plant is an ideal site. The renewable energy power plant will be built on 20 of 70 acres owned by Westfield Paper Lands. Most of the remaining 50 acres will remain undeveloped. The availability of plentiful water supplies from the adjacent Westfield River for cooling and access to the Western Massachusetts Electric power grid via a pre-existing transmission right-of-way makes the site an excellent fit. See the map below.
