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One Farmer Set Off a Solar Energy Boom in Rural Minnesota; 10 Years Later, Here’s How It Worked Out
This story is the fifth in a series. CENTER CITY, Minnesota—It sounded absurd, the idea of spending a large sum of money to install solar panels in a Minnesota farm field that is covered in snow for much of the year. But Ed Eichten’s family had gotten used to his wild ideas that turned out to […]
Read MoreOne Man’s Determined Fight for Solar Power in Rural Ohio
This story is the fourth in a series about the conflict over solar power in rural Ohio. LIMA, Ohio—When Michael Wildermuth was growing up here, the snow sometimes had black specks in it because of pollution from the city’s heavy industry. Now retired from a career managing computer systems for public schools, he started a […]
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