New solar farm at Greenbush to offer educational opportunities
Morning Sun
CRAWFORD COUNTY, Kan. Stakeholders gathered Tuesday afternoon to “flip the switch” on a new solar panel farm at the Southeast Kansas Education Service Center at Greenbush.
The new Greenbush solar array is one of two new projects representing a partnership between Heartland Rural Electric Cooperative and solar technology provider Today s Power, Inc. The other new 1-megawatt solar project is in Neosho County.
“These solar farms will provide a source of local, sustainable energy for many years to come and will help keep rates more stable for all of Heartland’s consumer members,” said Ernest Troth, president of Heartland’s board of directors. “But we’re also celebrating the first completed pieces of a statewide project involving 11 other electric cooperatives that will power more than 80,000 homes.”