Much of the parking lot at the Long Island Community Hospital Amphitheater in Farmingville will soon be covered by a solar panel canopy, similar to the one pictured here in San Diego, Calif. (Photo: C2 Energy Capital)

Solar canopy to top amphitheater parking lot

October 31, 2019 The Long Island Times

Much of the parking lot at the Long Island Community Hospital Amphitheater in Farmingville will soon be covered by a solar panel canopy.

Owned by the Town of Brookhaven and operated by JVC Broadcasting, the amphitheater off South Bicycle Path has a sprawling parking lot, 6.5 acres of which is targeted for the new solar installation. The canopy will have more than 6,100 solar panels with a generation capacity of 2.38 megawatts of clean, renewable solar energy.

The project from 5 Star Solar, headquartered in Murray, Utah and Manorville-based SYP Industries is expected to reduce the town’s carbon footprint while lowering its electric power costs. Manhattan-based C2 Energy Capital will finance, own and operate the solar installation. C2 Energy expects most of the construction to take place early next year.

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