A business in Northumberland County is using the sun to save money on its electric bill.
Piece by piece workers are building a solar farm near Turbotville. The power generated there will be used for The Yoder Group, made up of four small companies.
"We're reducing the load on the grid and second our company is going green," said Bob Yoder.
Light will be harvest from the solar farm. The light will be converted into electricity and pumped back into the business. The project costs $1.4 million. Yoder owns the business. He said the project was paid for by federal and state grants and by the company.
"It's just kind of cool. I've looked at solar for years but it was to the point no one could figure out how to do it. But now it's coming down. I think solar is the next wave of what's going on," added Yoder.
Each one of the solar panels generates about 240 watts which is enough to power an energy efficient light bulb.
Nearly 900 solar panels will be placed on 43,000 square feet creating 230,000 watts. It's enough electricity to power the business for an entire year. A company from Pittsburgh installed the panels.
"They are getting more and more efficient and they are coming down in cost. They came down about 50 percent in cost just in the two years I've been researching solar," said Fred Underwood of Underwood Solar Future.
"You can do it. And you can fix the cost in the future," said Yoder.
Yoder said power that is not used will be sold to PPL. Yoder hopes to build another solar farm in Williamsport to power some apartment buildings.
Piece by piece workers are building a solar farm near Turbotville. The power generated there will be used for The Yoder Group, made up of four small companies.
"We're reducing the load on the grid and second our company is going green," said Bob Yoder.
Light will be harvest from the solar farm. The light will be converted into electricity and pumped back into the business. The project costs $1.4 million. Yoder owns the business. He said the project was paid for by federal and state grants and by the company.
"It's just kind of cool. I've looked at solar for years but it was to the point no one could figure out how to do it. But now it's coming down. I think solar is the next wave of what's going on," added Yoder.
Each one of the solar panels generates about 240 watts which is enough to power an energy efficient light bulb.
Nearly 900 solar panels will be placed on 43,000 square feet creating 230,000 watts. It's enough electricity to power the business for an entire year. A company from Pittsburgh installed the panels.
"They are getting more and more efficient and they are coming down in cost. They came down about 50 percent in cost just in the two years I've been researching solar," said Fred Underwood of Underwood Solar Future.
"You can do it. And you can fix the cost in the future," said Yoder.
Yoder said power that is not used will be sold to PPL. Yoder hopes to build another solar farm in Williamsport to power some apartment buildings.
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