A Small Solar Power System Is a Perfect Fit for a Village in Illinois

A central Illinois village proves that a water or wastewater plant solar energy project doesn’t have to be big to be economically viable.

A Small Solar Power System Is a Perfect Fit for a Village in Illinois

Students from Deer Creek-Mackinaw (Illinois) Intermediate School at a  field trip presentation by solar developer Jason Hawksworth of Hawk Energy Solutions.

The wastewater treatment plant in the Illinois village of Deer Creek is small at 132,000 gpd (design), but not too small to use solar power to cut its electric bills.

The village was so pleased with its first venture into solar power that it built another solar array for its water...

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