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Food products maker receives incentives, lower energy costs with energy efficiency upgrade
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This summer, people haven’t been the only ones benefiting from the Co-op Solar array near Kankakee Valley Schools in northern Indiana! Pollinating plants and flowers have been buzzing with insects, birds and other animals enjoying the plants and flowers installed in the solar array by Solential Energy.
A Central Indiana school district tested by faltering chillers at a middle school answered with an upgrade earning high marks from the school’s electric cooperative: a $25,000 energy efficiency rebate.
An initial phone call that teed off fundraising for a new community center in Albion, Ind., landed an unexpected home: a former longtime local golf course clubhouse sitting dormant. And the local electric co-op was there to help provide support for the center to open.
For at least a week each fall, longtime farmer Jerry Sparks would end his day exhaustingly climbing into each of five grain bins to ensure that his corn was drying properly. A new grain dryer system upgrade in 2020 led to energy savings while he skipped out on steps – literally.