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Board hears updates on solar projects and Inflation Reduction Act funding opportunities

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Staff described local solar interest, a prospective Orion Renewables project in northeast Vanderburgh County, and opportunities through IRA 'Solar for All' funding administered by an Indiana community-action agency.

Lauren Norvell told the Collaborative that staff will focus more on solar because about 72% of the city’s greenhouse-gas emissions come from building energy use. She said the Collaborative is working with Solar United Neighbors and local solar providers and that a potential large project by Orion Renewables is conducting community engagement and will present at a nonprofit roundtable.

Norvell said the project will include pollinator habitat and…

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