LEBANON, Ohio - Ke hoʻonui nei ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Lebanona i kāna mau pono kūloko e hoʻokomo i ka ikehu lā ma o ka Lebanona Solar Project.Ua koho ke kūlanakauhale iā Kokosing Solar ma ke ʻano he hoa hoʻolālā a me ke kūkulu hale no kēia pāhana lā he $13.4 miliona, e hoʻokomo ʻia ana nā papa hana i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma ka ʻāina e pili ana i ʻekolu mau waiwai o ke kūlanakauhale ma ke alanui Glosser a me ka huina o 41 mau ʻeka o ka ʻāina i kūkulu ʻole ʻia.
Ma ke ola o ka ʻōnaehana solar, manaʻo ʻia e hoʻopakele ke kūlanakauhale a me kāna mau mea kūʻai aku ma mua o $ 27 miliona a kōkua i ke kūlanakauhale e hoʻololi i kāna mau kumu ikehu.Manaʻo ʻia e hoʻemi ʻia ke kumukūʻai o nā panela lā ma kahi o 30% ma o ka Federal Investment Tax Credit program uku pololei.
"Ua hauʻoli wau i ka hana pū ʻana me ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Lebanona ma kēia papahana hoihoi a hoʻololi no kā lākou pono uila," wahi a Brady Phillips, Luna Hoʻokele o Solar Energy Operations ma Kokosing."Ke hōʻike nei kēia papahana i ke ʻano o ka mālama ʻana i ke kaiapuni a me nā pōmaikaʻi waiwai e hiki ke noho pū."Hāʻawi nā alakaʻi o ke kūlanakauhale i kahi hiʻohiʻona i nā kūlanakauhale ʻē aʻe ma Midwest a ma waho. "
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Scott Brunka o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Lebanona, "Ua kūpaʻa ke kūlanakauhale i ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā lawelawe pono maikaʻi loa i ko mākou poʻe kamaʻāina a me nā ʻoihana i nā kumukūʻai hoʻokūkū, a e kākoʻo kēia papahana i kēlā mau hoʻoikaika ʻana me ka hāʻawi ʻana i ko mākou mau kaiāulu i nā manawa hou o ka ikehu hou.".
Manaʻo ʻo Kokosing Solar e wāwahi i ka ʻāina i ka pūnāwai a hoʻopau i ka papahana ma ka hopena o 2024.
He hapa opua, me ke kiʻekiʻe o 75 degere a me ka haʻahaʻa o 55 degere.Opua i ke kakahiaka, opua i ke awakea, opua i ke ahiahi.