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Mike Tabb, a local solar industry veteran, questions the wisdom of a new 260 MW field planned for Baldwin County (Provided)
Solar Panels can be seen on the rooftop of a recent project Mike Tabb’s company helped install in Mobile. (Provided)
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Mike Tabb, a local solar industry veteran, questions the wisdom of a new 260 MW field planned for Baldwin County (Provided)
Michael Tabb is not an opponent of green energy. As a “generational Mobilian,” former Davidson High School student, and 14-year veteran of the solar industry, he has spent his career installing panels on roofs across the Gulf Coast.
But when Tabb looks at the plans to use roughly half of a 4,500-acre property for a solar field in the Stockton community, he doesn’t see progress. He sees a mistake.
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Solar Panels can be seen on the rooftop of a recent project Mike Tabb’s company helped install in Mobile. (Provided)
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Richard Cox, the Republican challenger for the District 1 commission seat, is pushing back on the Baldwin County Commission’s claim it is powe…
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