Ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday

The city of Barron, Ron Fladten Mayor, will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony celebrating the city’s 20-acre solar energy project with AEP OnSite Partners Thursday, Oct. 21, at 9 a.m. at the solar facility on the south side of Barron just east of Poor Farm Road. Barron Municipal Utilities has entered into a power purchase …

Shelby solar energy project now operational

The City of Shelby’s solar energy project, more than two years in the making, is now operational. The city entered into a series of agreements with AEP OnSite Partners, LLC for a 2.5-MW solar array, which is located on 14 acres of property. (Bricker & Eckler represented the city in negotiations with AEP OnSite.) Cost …

Solar array to power Madison County buildings

LINCOLN — A new solar array, located at Madison County’s Buyea Road landfill, will help supply energy to the county office building and the jail, among other buildings. Madison County did not have to pay for the array’s installation nor does it have to worry about upkeep. That will be taken care of by AEP …

Solar panels provide power to Newark’s wastewater treatment plant

NEWARK – Nearly 25 percent of the power that operates Newark’s wastewater treatment plant annually will now come from solar energy. Thursday the city unveiled a solar energy field off East Main Street that has been in works for more than five years. “We look at it as a hedge to any future rate increases that …

Solar panels to occupy contaminated East Main site

NEWARK – More than five years after the collapse of an agreement to transform a contaminated East Main Street site into a solar energy field, a new deal has been reached. Development Director Mark Mauter and Utilities Superintendent Roger Loomis announced the city has a 25-year agreement with American Electric Power OnSite Partners to purchase electricity from …

Superior buys into solar power with AEP contract

SUPERIOR — A solar array to be built here is expected to provide about 8 percent of the city of Superior’s electricity needs in the future. Meeting Nov. 13, the Superior City Council voted unanimously to sign a contract to authorize the construction of the solar array east of the current waste water treatment plant, …

Village solar field goes online

Rows of shiny new solar panels on the Glass Farm are the latest and most visible symbol of the Village of Yellow Springs’ commitment to green energy. The 1-megawatt solar array, now up and running on the Village-owned property, brings the share of renewable energy in the Village’s electricity portfolio to 93 percent. Council member …

Yellow Springs adds 6-acre solar array to grid

The village of Yellow Springs today unveiled its newest source of energy — 3,024 solar panels tied into the grid on about 6 and a half acres of village owned land. The solar array, which turns on an axis to optimize access to sunrays, brings the village’s total energy supply to 93 percent renewable energy …