A Community Strikes While the Sun Is Hot to Capitalize on Solar Power

A ready-made site and a new state grant program presented the perfect opportunity for a Massachusetts town to invest in renewable energy.

A Community Strikes While the Sun Is Hot to Capitalize on Solar Power

Solar panels outside the Home Farm Water Plant in Shrewsbury will save about $11,000 in electricity costs.

The timing was right for a solar energy project at the Home Farm Water Plant in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts.

For one thing, the plant had been rebuilt so that it could treat for manganese. The rebuilding left an old foundation that became the stage for a solar array. That saved the...

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