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Article: MATC to build state's largest solar farm Designed by Johnson Controls, array will be mobile
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- October 1, 2009
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By THOMAS CONTENT
Milwaukee Area Technical College and Johnson Controls Inc. will
build the state's largest solar power project, a $6.9 million "solar
education farm" that will help train technicians in the renewable
energy field.
The project initially will be installed near the Milwaukee River,
north of Capitol Drive. It will be portable, allowing the panels to
be moved to a different location in the future, said representatives
of MATC and Johnson Controls.
The project was given the go-ahead Wednesday by the Wisconsin
Technical College System Board during the board's meeting in
Rhinelander.
The solar farm will be built on MATC property that is home to the
transmitter used by Milwaukee ...