The roof of Albert Bartlett's packing plant on Trinity Hill is to become home to the Channel Islands' biggest solar power array.
Jersey Electricity will lease 3,250 square metres of the site's roof to provide power for the island's grid.
Once up and running, it's expected to generate more than half a million units - or 562,610kWh - of electricity a year.
Similar arrays installed at Jersey Dairy and Woodside Farm are already generating a combined 750,000 kWh annually.
Chris Ambler, the JEC's Chief Executive, says the company is continuing to 'invest in the kind of future islanders want'.
"That future means clean, reliable and affordable electricity as Jersey transitions to net-zero 2050 bringing even greater demand for low-carbon power.
Solar arrays already provide 750,000 kWh of Jersey's electricity each year
Jersey’s network is already suited to the integration of local renewables with our low-carbon imported nuclear and hydropower.
Though local solar power will not reduce the carbon emissions of Jersey’s electricity which, at just 23g CO23/kWh, is to all intents and purposes, already decarbonised, there is a clear appetite among many Islanders for more energy independence.
We want to support the Island on the journey to net-zero and we have a grid that can support a variety of energy sources in the future. Our longer-term focus is to work with more partners to increase volumes of solar on the grid and further reduce its costs. In parallel with this, we continue to closely monitor and explore offshore wind and tidal power technologies, which are both materially more expensive than imported electricity albeit with offshore wind economics strongly improving."
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