Cincinnati City leaders will consider moving forward with a solar farm after losing a multimillion-dollar federal grant.
Cincinnati City leaders will consider moving forward with a solar farm after losing a multimillion-dollar federal grant.
Cincinnati City leaders will consider moving forward with a solar farm after losing a multimillion-dollar federal grant.
Cincinnati city leaders will consider moving forward with plans to build a 10-megawatt solar farm at the site of a retired landfill in Winton Hills.
The Center Hill Landfill closed 40 years ago and has remained unused ever since. Plans to redevelop the brownfield site have posed challenges because of all the trash that’s buried there.
However, city leaders say the 64-acre field is a great fit for a 10-megawatt solar farm, which could produce enough electricity to power the equivalent of 1,200 homes.
If the city council approves the $12 million project, the energy produced from the solar array would be used to offset electric costs for city operations by hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, said Council Member Mark Jeffreys.
The project broke ground last year but stalled after the Trump administration canceled a $10 million federal grant. The new proposal would redirect city funds to make the project happen, Jeffreys said.
“These are important steps for us to take, you know, reducing the burden on the grid however we can. Again, continue to drive revenue back to the city, ROI, and where we might be able to subsidize cost,” Council Member Meeka Owens said.
The project is part of the broader Green Cincinnati Plan, a series of initiatives that includes a goal of moving all city operations to using 100% renewable energy by 2035.
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