Article: MATC to build state's largest solar farm Designed by Johnson Controls, array will be mobile

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 ...

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