by Edwin Benoit
As a nearly life-long Lunenburg resident, it’s important to me to think locally. My wife, Nancy, and I are farmers. We grow cranberries, blueberries and other crops for local markets and restaurants, and soon our farm will offer our community members a new Vermont farm crop: Community Solar.
We’re in the process of building a Community Solar Array with SunCommon to provide solar power to our local community while adding a new usefulness to our land.
Community Solar Arrays generate good, clean power and support a new working landscape. I like that we’re putting the land to work as a solar farm. The array will also put people to work and the power will be available for the public’s benefit.
I’ve been waiting for solar for a long time. I see these arrays going up around the state and have always thought my land would be a good spot for it.
Solar is good, clean energy and it’s created locally. It’s nice to buy local to support Vermont. The Community Solar Array is a new form of farmland by putting our land to work and helping farmers like us work toward a brighter future.
