“A proposal is before the Planning Board to convert an almost 100-year old golf course in Hatchville into a solar farm.
In a letter read into the record at the Planning Board’s Feb. 23 meeting, David Friel, owner of Cape Cod Country Club on Theatre Drive, cited less business over the last decade has led him to pursue alternate uses for the property.
“The expansion of golf courses on the Cape over the past decade or two and the reduction in the number of golfers nationwide has forced me, from a financial viability standpoint, to consider other land use options for the Cape Cod Country Club,” he said.
Since the beginning of 2019, Cape Cod Country Club has been exploring the different uses for the property, and Amp Energy, a renewable energy company, expressed interest in leasing the property for a large-scale solar farm.
If the permitting process goes as planned, Amp Energy would put out between 27 to 30 megawatts of energy while using about 80 of the course’s 150 acres for the farm. It would also donate a portion of the land to the town for conservation purposes.”
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Hill, Jessica. Golfweek 8 March 2021.