State's largest solar farm dedicated in Wyandot County (Ohio)

[jpak]

http://www.wfin.com/localnews201.asp?id=5517&storyno=1

Governor Ted Strickland and other government officials took part in the dedication of Ohio's largest solar farm near Upper Sandusky Thursday.

The 12-megawatt facility is owned by PSEG Solar Source, and includes more than 159,000 ground-mounted panels on 80 acres, producing enough electricity to light and cool more than 9-thousand homes when the sun is shining.

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[texastoast]

1. That is wonderful

There is so much use for the land under the panels too. Cattle would love them for deep shade in the summer. Chickens (like this silver-laced Wyandotte--no relation, I don't believe) could graze that field and roost at night under there with the help of some shepherd dogs. Multi-tasking extraordinaire!

[Kolesar]

3. So that's a Wyandotte--pretty bird

Cows could scratch themselves on the towers, too.

[coffeenap]

2. Wonderful!

We just traveled through the Denver airport and saw array after array there. What a great use of open space. I wonder how much clean and danger- free power could be generated if we used commercially owned open spaces wisely.