The Windmill Hill golf course could one day be a thing of the past if a large solar project still in its early stages comes to fruition.

Representatives from TurningPoint Energy met informally with town officials recently to inform them of their hope to purchase the nine-hole par three golf course and build a 7-megawatt solar farm on the property.

If built, the project would be nearly 50 percent larger than the 4.6-megawatt Black Horse Farms project in Touisset and would exceed the town’s solar ordinance, which caps projects at 5 megawatts, by 40 percent. Warren Town Planner Bob Rulli said Monday that if the project is to proceed as planned, TurningPoint would have to successfully lobby for a change in the ordinance apart from receiving other town approvals. So far, he said, no formal petitions or applications have been filed with the town.

Despite no official action, TurningPoint appears to be moving ahead with the project in other venues. Last week, the company sent out flyers to golf course abutters, informing them of their hope to build a farm at Windmill Hill and encouraging questions and feedback. According to the flyer:

* The project would generate enough electricity to power more than 2,000 homes in Rhode Island;

* The project would be surrounded by a “natural vegetative buffer” to shield it from passers-by and neighbors;

* The project would generate very little noise. “Beyond the short-term construction period the only traffic will be a few trips a year to perform maintenance such as mowing, plowing and period inspection of the array”;

* The project would have environmental benefits, including carbon emission reductions and the planting of vegetation that would provide habitat for wildlife and bees;

* The project would generate approximately $30,000 in tax revenue for the Town of Warren;

* The project would support 40 to 60 jobs over a 12 to 18-month period.

Michelle Carpenter, TurningPoint’s managing director of development, could not be reached prior to deadline. The ownership of Windmill Hill did not return a telephone message left with them Monday.