City goes increasingly green with new solar project

Thursday, June 16, 2011

by Brian S. Orban

Crews install solar panels on the city's public works department warehouse. Photo by Brian S. Orban

A new alternative energy project started taking shape in Mountain Home, one piece at a time, last month.

The small-scale solar power generators being installed at the city's public works warehouse are part of a state-wide initiative involving other cities across Idaho.

The Idaho Department of Energy Resources provided more than $917,000 through its Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant program earlier this year. These grants provided enough funding to install these solar panels in seven Idaho cities.

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Sounds GREAT! to me. This is the way we should go... free , renewable, toxic free resources.

-- Posted by mlatchu on Thu, Jun 16, 2011, at 4:53 PM
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What happens when the sun don't shine, A sick day

with pay.

-- Posted by grammaidaho on Thu, Jun 16, 2011, at 10:29 PM
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