SOLAR - From Soybeans To Solar - A Community Energy Project Sprouts From Wisconsin Fields

This post originally appeared on ILSR's Energy Self-Reliant States blog.Just north of Delavan, Wisconsin, is Dan Osborne's nursery farm. Where you once found a bean field now sit 80 solar panels on 100 tracking towers, generating renewable power for over 125 homes. It's a small, but successful community-owned energy harvest. The solar farm was developed by Convergence Energy of Lake Geneva, WI and has owners from all around the region.In an ...

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