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News Articles: Solar Power

Julie Bishop raises the Katahdin breed of sheep, which have hair rather than wool.

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How To Have Your Solar Farm And Keep Your Regular Farm, Too

Large-scale solar farms are running into opposition from people who want to save farmland. Now solar companies are trying to combine solar and farming.

October 09, 2020
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By:
  • Dan Charles
A south Bibb County home sits dismantled at the corner of Kearnes and McArrell drives where Georgia Power will begin building a 650-acre solar farm in 2020.

Time To Move For Neighbors As Robins AFB Goes Big On Solar

Robins Air Force Base in south Macon is about to go in for solar power in a big way. That means many people have had to sell their homes and move to...

December 23, 2019
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  • Liz Fabian Center for Collaborative Journalism
Barbara C. lives in Washington, Georgia. Her utility bills sometime eat up half of her income.

High Energy Burdens Keep Low Income Georgians From Benefits Of Solar Power

Barbara C. lives in a modest, one-story, three-bedroom home in Washington, Georgia. She’s 73 years old and has lived there since 1977 when she had the...

July 17, 2019
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By:
  • Ross Terrell

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On Second Thought For Friday, July 12, 2019

Alice Walker, the author of the The Color Purple , turns 75 this Saturday. The Georgia Writers Museum, a nonprofit organization and exhibit space that...

July 12, 2019
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  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • La'Raven Taylor ,
  • and 5 more

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  • Environment

It's Always Sunny in Georgia: Creative Solar Solutions in the State

Cooperative solar allows customers who couldn’t normally participate, those with shady yards or rental properties, to take advantage of solar. Walton...

July 12, 2019
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By:
  • Jake Troyer and
  • Virginia Prescott
L-R Homeowner Eric Byas and Chaia Lews with Creative Solar talk to one of Byas' neighbors about residential solar power.

Does Residential Solar Pay Off?

When the Public Service Commission wraps up its once-every-three-year energy plan later this month, it expects to announce a massive increase in solar...

July 10, 2019
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  • Josephine Bennett
Solar panels on a rooftop in Decatur, Georgia.

Report: Cost Of Solar Energy Drops

As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, it is unclear what effect his administration might have on renewable energy. Trump has raised...

January 03, 2017
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By:
  • Celeste Headlee and
  • Sean Powers

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