Mammoth Solar, which is developing one of the largest solar projects in the United States in Northwest Indiana, recently send a delegation of high-rank officials to Starke and Pulaski Counties.
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The solar industry is pushing into the US Midwest, drawn by cheaper land rentals, access to electric transmission and a wealth of federal and state incentives.
Solar energy companies are leasing thousands of acres of land from Midwestern farmers, which can hinder crop-growing or grazing livestock there. It’s a tradeoff between expanding renewables and giving up future yields.
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