The solar project is being developed in partnership with the city of Whitefish. The photovoltaic facility will be located near the Whitefish wastewater treatment plant as part of a plan approved by the Whitefish City Council last year based on the city’s Climate Action Plan that calls for the development of a solar project at the plant along Monegan Road.
More than $14 million in federal funds is flowing into Montana to improve the state’s energy grid, officials with the U.S. Department of Energy said earlier this month.