April 29, 2018
USING THE SUN FOR POWER, PROFIT IN KY.
More than 60 football fields worth of new solar panels are generating electricity today in Northern Kentucky.
Duke Energy unveiled its new solar energy farm in Walton, Ky. Tuesday. Duke put 17,024 solar panels on 60 acres at 352 York Road in southern Kenton County.
The new power plant is off U.S. 25 just south of the city of Walton in Boone County.
An 11,500-solar-panel farm owned by Duke has also been opened at 922 Ruark Road south of Crittenden in Grant County. The Walton and Crittenden solar power farms started producing electricity for the grid Dec. 14, 2017.
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A SIMILAR PLAN HAS BEEN PROPOSED FOR ABANDONED STRIP MINE LANDS IN PIKE CO. BUT NO WORD HAS BEEN AVAILABLE ON THE PROGRESS OF THAT PROJECT.
