Summit Hill Borough Council heard plans Tuesday night for a huge layout of solar panels across the highway from Panther Valley High School.

The solar energy that would be produced would be sold directly to PPL Electric Utilities, said the developers, and has nothing to do with the Panther Valley School District or the borough.

The project, which would be built on what is presently a wooded area owned by Lehigh Anthracite, would be under the subsidiary Lehigh Green Energy LLC. It would be built in conjunction with Syncarpha Capital, a New York City firm that, according to its website, develops, owns and operates solar and storage properties across the U.S.

Gretchen Stern and Steve Cohn presented the plans to borough council. Cohn said although all the panels are in one general area, the plan consists of three separate projects.

“We are in the process of finalizing an agreement with PPL,” Cohn said.

He said the panels would have a minimum 40-foot setback from adjoining properties, and a distance of 80 feet from the nearest panel to the edge of Route 209.

The panels would be facing away from Panther Valley High School.

Stern said the project is only in the preliminary planning phase but that it is anticipated that application will be made soon with the borough for the necessary permits.

She also stated the borough has no regulations pertaining to solar panels.

Borough council President David Wargo said the borough is looking into adopting regulations regarding solar panels, but this particular project “would be grandfathered.”

“Myself, I’m excited to see some of this ground being used,” he said.

“It’s a clean energy project for PPL,” Cohn said, adding that enough electricity would be produced to power 1,300 to 1,400 homes.

No time frame for the project was presented.

Lehigh Anthracite owns a large coal mining operation that extends for several miles in Lansford, Coaldale, Summit Hill and Tamaqua.