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25-acre solar array to power Dayton’s water treatment plant; project begins 2026www.whio.com/news/local/25-acre-solar-array-power-daytons-water-treatment-plant-construction-begins-2026/GW22T7TSDBFXTCQWAQ3M5HM66I/
80 sats \ 1 comment \ @BlokchainB 17 Mar Construction_and_Engineering
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DAYTON — The City of Dayton Miami Water Treatment Plant will soon be partially solar powered, according to a release from the city’s Office of Sustainability
A 25-acre solar installation will power more than one-third of the water treatment plant, the city says.
The solar facility will be built on the site of a former Sherwin-Williams warehouse that burned down in 1987.
“The project aligns with Dayton’s climate emergency commitment to reduce carbon emissions at City facilities through renewable energy generation and will be Dayton’s first utility-scale solar array,” the city said in their release.
The City of Dayton has been planning for this solar installation for four years. After review, the city has landed on IGS Energy for power production and Kokosing for construction, according to the city.

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Not sure this is a good idea. Plus I wonder how much this project will host.
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74 sats \ 0 replies \ @kurszusz 18 Mar
I think it's a very good idea (if the execution is correct).
Investment: around $22.500.000 ($900/acre) Capacity: around 22.7 mW (1 mW needs 1 acre) Sustainability costs: minimal Production: 6.81 mW/day (this is an average production. The math is: capacity*0.3...will exist better and most "poor" days, but this is in general the average production/day) Lifetime: 25-30 years with this daily average production (based on studies, the average production will decrease with 20-25% afeter 25 years).
Now...everyone can do the math, if it worth :)
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