Saskatoon’s first utility-scale solar project could be back on the path to being operational by next summer if it gets the green light from a city committee Wednesday morning.

If approved, the solar project is expected to generate three megawatts per year, enough to power 475 homes.

It would be located on a 5.6-hectare parcel of land that runs along Dundonald Avenue, east of the Montgomery Place neighbourhood.

José Cheruvallath, Saskatoon Light and Power’s metering and sustainable electricity manager, said the project will help the city achieve plans to generate 20 megawatts of solar power on municipal land within the next decade.

“The project directly helps the City of Saskatoon lower its electricity emissions by approximately 700 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent each year, and this is the equivalent of removing about 150 cars from the road each year,” Cheruvallath said.