The array was built on a 20-acre lease of private farmland still owned by the generational farmers, who view the project as a showpiece for incorporating solar while continuing farming.
Regional School Units 9 and 73 are among school districts that will reduce their carbon footprints based on their participation in the solar farm project on the Souther farm in Livermore Falls.
A recently completed solar project in Livermore Falls is the first in Maine to provide most (96%) of its solar energy to public schools in the state. The 14,040-panel array is expected to produce roughly 6,478,200 kilowatt hours of clean energy.