Source: Joel Burgess, ASHEVILLE CITIZEN-TIMES, 8/10/20

Despite topography and other obstacles that can dim solar energy prospects in the mountains Buncombe County is set to become the site of the biggest public solar boom in North Carolina, a state that is second in the country in solar. Collectively, Buncombe County government, the City of Asheville and an individual initiative at Isaac Dickson Elementary School are spending $11.5 million on systems that will generate seven megawatts of...

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