Moscow banned solar farms. A developer wants to change that.

MORNING SENTINEL • February 14, 2025

A former military radar base in a remote part of Somerset County could soon be the site of a large solar farm. But first, the developers proposing the project need to convince voters in the small town of Moscow to change an ordinance passed in 2023 that effectively banned such projects. Cianbro Corp., headquartered in Pittsfield, and Patriot Renewables, headquartered in Quincy, Massachusetts, have plans for a 60-megawatt solar farm in Moscow and Caratunk at a former U.S. Air Force Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar base once used to detect incoming aircraft and missile threats.