Excitement builds as solar farm project heats up

With groundbreaking just a few weeks away, a long awaited solar power project to be located at the Butler Industrial Park is ready to become reality. In last week's city council meeting, final details were hashed out making it official so work can begin of converting a now bare 12 acre field into a green energy power station.

 

Coming soon- panels similiar to these will dominate a 12 acre
spread in the Butler Industrial Park producing quiet,
clean electrical energy

It seems only appropriate that Butler, dubbed 'The Electric City" for being the first city west of the Mississippi to have electric lights in 1881, to receive the green light for a solar farm project- which has been a hot topic at city council meetings  and coffee shop chatter for quite some time.


MC Power Inc. of Lee's Summit is gearing up for installation of around 12,000 sun gobbling solar panels capable of producing 3 megawatts of power that can be put on the grid for surplus sale and local consumption as well. In fact, the city of Butler can use as much as 12 megawatts of power during peak times and typically fires up the Mill street power plant (a costly proposition) when absolutely needed. The solar farm will certainly help fill such needs in a cleaner, more efficient manner offsetting costs of running the Mill street plant.

It is noted that the solar farm, to be completed by Fall, will be quite visible from adjacent roadways, as the projected $14 million dollar project is the biggest around- you'll have to go to Chicago to see one close to the same size.

In the meantime, you can visit the MC Power website to learn more http://www.mcpower.com. More information regarding ground breaking and construction timeline details will be published as they become available.