The system, designed and installed by Solar Nation, covers the 17-acre roof with 17,745 PV panels.

New Jersey trails only California among US states for solar. More than 137MW of PV were installed there last year, driven by a renewable energy standard of 22.5% by 2021, with a specific set-aside for solar.

Avi Avidan of Avidian Management says the solar installation made “sound business sense”.

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