ABC57 News in South Bend, Ind. covers all of Michiana including St. Joseph, Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaPorte and Marshall counties in Indiana and Berrien, Cass, Van Buren and St. Joseph counties in Mich.
GRANGER, Indiana (WBND) A new 20-megawatt solar farm, the size of 30 football fields, was unveiled in Granger Thursday.
The “St. Joseph Solar Farm,” completed in March of this year, is so big, it can power close to 3,000 homes every year.
State and local officials were on hand and were excited to see the renewable energy site go online.
“It’s incumbent upon us to seek ways in which we can live together, in a healthier, safer, more sustainable, renewable environment. And that’s what that project represents to me,” Lieutenant Governor Suzanne Couch said.
“We want to make St. Joseph County and the city of south bend a place where folks come and want to build projects that will continue to build our renewable energy resources here in the county, St. Joseph County Commissioner Andy Kostielney added.
GRANGER, Indiana (WBND) A new 20-megawatt solar farm, the size of 30 football fields, was unveiled in Granger Thursday.
The “St. Joseph Solar Farm,” completed in March of this year, is so big, it can power close to 3,000 homes every year.
State and local officials were on hand and were excited to see the renewable energy site go online.
“It’s incumbent upon us to seek ways in which we can live together, in a healthier, safer, more sustainable, renewable environment. And that’s what that project represents to me,” Lieutenant Governor Suzanne Couch said.
“We want to make St. Joseph County and the city of south bend a place where folks come and want to build projects that will continue to build our renewable energy resources here in the county, St. Joseph County Commissioner Andy Kostielney added.