A new use for Hendricks County farmland: generating solar power
Hendricks Power Cooperative partners with Carmel-based Solential Energy to build largest solar array for a rural electric membership co-op in Indiana.
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Hendricks Power Cooperative partners with Carmel-based Solential Energy to build largest solar array for a rural electric membership co-op in Indiana.
At a central Illinois feed mill, electricity from its rural electric co-op was exceeding grain costs as its biggest operating expense. With a new 3-megawatt solar array, the facility expects to reduce energy costs by about 50%.
Project will offset about 56% of the Griggsville Mill's energy consumption, with projected first year energy savings of $320,000.
The Marion City Council on Monday night approved, with conditions, a proposal to install solar-power arrays at the wastewater treatment plant and the water plant.
Citing a need to diffuse accelerating energy costs and a desire to further sustainable farming practices, The Maschhoffs have broken ground on a new 3-MW