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Kansas Getting Its 1st Community Solar Power Plant

by Zach April 8, 2014
written by Zach April 8, 2014
Kansas Getting Its 1st Community Solar Power Plant

kansas community solar farmA customer-owned utility, Midwest Energy, has teamed up with a community solar developer, Clean Energy Collective (CEC), to build the first community solar power plant in Kansas. Ownership of the 1-megawatt solar power plant will be available to Midwest Energy’s ~50,000 members.

The power plant will be the largest solar power plant in Kansas and will be composed of 4,000 solar panels.

Working like a residential rooftop solar array, the power plant will be able to take advantage of tax incentives and rebates. Customers who take part in the purchase of the power plant will receive credit on their bills for the electricity produced. Meanwhile, the project can be built for less money per what than a rooftop solar array thanks to the economies of scale that come with a larger project.

In my opinion, this may be the best way to go solar. Unfortunately, the option is not widely available.

If a customer moves out of the Midwest Energy’s territory, or if they want to sell their share of the solar array back to Midwest Energy for some reason, they can.

“We’re excited to be the first utility in Kansas to offer community-owned solar to our members,” said John Blackwell, Chair of Midwest Energy’s Board of Directors.  “Our customers have signaled they’re supportive of renewable energy, and we’re pleased to bring this solar ownership opportunity to them.”

Image Credit: CEC

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is the director of CleanTechnica, the most popular cleantech-focused website in the world, and Planetsave, a world-leading green and science news site. He has been covering green news of various sorts since 2008, and he has been especially focused on solar energy, electric vehicles, and wind energy since 2009. Aside from his work on CleanTechnica and Planetsave, he's the founder and director of Solar Love, EV Obsession, and Bikocity. To connect with Zach on some of your favorite social networks, go to ZacharyShahan.com and click on the relevant buttons.

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