GreenKey Solar eyes Burrell Township for 40-acre solar plant, supervisors enter CBA with Black Lick, Center townships
GreenKey Solar representatives presented information about a proposed 40-acre solar plant along Campells Mill Road during a Burrell Township supervisors meeting Wednesday.
GreenKey Solar Senior Land Resolution Specialist Ian Durham and Civil Engineering Manager Jackson Nickel said the proposed solar plant would feature a little under 23,000 solar panels and supply clean energy to the local Penelec grid.
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