Solar project underway
The Kansan
Construction has started on a new solar farm in eastern Harvey County, a project of the Butler Electric, is underway and a conditional use permit for eight acres of ground for the project was approved buy the Harvey County Commission April 27.
The project will have the capability of powering about 270 homes currently served by the cooperative in Harvey and Butler Counties. It is one of two such projects by the cooperative currently under development.
Construction has already started, prior to the approval of conditonal use permits, with the approval of Gina Bell, director of the Harvey County Planning, Zoning and Environmental Department.
Solar farm applies for permit
The Kansan
The location of a proposed solar farm announced in November that will be constructed by the newly formed Kansas Cooperative Sun Power Program in Harvey County was revealed Tuesday.
The Butler County Electric Cooperative applied for permits and zoning for the construction of a solar facility at the southwest corner of East Lake Road and First Street in rural Harvey County.
The farm is one of about two dozen that are scheduled to be constructed by a group of electric cooperatives across the state.
The Kansas Cooperative Sun Power Program is a series of solar farms developed by Today s Power Inc. of Arkansas to harvest renewable energy in the state for 12 participating electric cooperatives. The 25-year program will result in the construction of more than 20 megawatts of solar power spread out across more than 800 miles of Kansas.