The reclamation facility runs up a power bill of about $5,000 each month and the solar-plus-battery project will help offset the wastewater treatment center’s energy costs.

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St. Michael's church celebrates new solar panel and battery system storage project in a move towards sustainable energy.

The project, which involves the deployment of 700 battery containers, is already in an advanced stage of implementation and ...