First panels installed at Vectren solar farm sites

The pieces of Vectren Energy’s plan to harness the power of the sun are coming together in a long-forgotten field in the middle of Evansville.

Several rows of solar panels now sit atop pedestals in a field just off Morgan Avenue and U.S. Highway 41 in Evansville. There’s a second field further north on the highway on Volkmann Road.

Both sites will generate two megawatts solar energy using 8,000 solar panels. Vectren says each site could power 300 homes annually, however, neither farm will be connected to any one grid. Instead, Vectren says, the power generated here will go back into the system.

Panel installation has just begun but Vectren expects the farms to be fully operational later this Fall.

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(This story was originally published August 14, 2018)