In what has become the country’s hottest solar market, New Jersey utility PSE&G has announced plans for a further 12 MW of solar power. Among the four projects are two that, when completed, will be the highest capacity solar sites in the state. Each project was awarded to a different solar firm to support healthy competition and growth for the industry. PSE&G says 150 new jobs will be created once construction gets started in the spring, though does not say how many jobs they expect to outlast the projects (which are all slated to wrap up by fall).

From the press release:

Together, the four projects will produce enough energy to power about 1,300 homes and eliminate some 6,700 tons of CO2 emissions, the equivalent of removing nearly 1,200 cars from the road for one year.

The projects are part of PSE&G’s Solar 4 All program, which was approved by state regulators in July. The program involves a total of $515 million investment in 80 megawatts of solar, creating green jobs and nearly doubling the size of New Jersey’s installed solar capacity. The state has made significant inroads in the last few years, installing more than 100 MW of solar energy, making it second only to California in terms of the amount of solar capacity installed.