South Bend to be solar power player

Indianapolis may be the state capital, but South Bend is poised to become Indiana’s ‘solar capital.’

South Bend will soon house the largest solar energy system in the Hoosier State.

The installation of the system will start this summer at the new headquarters for South Bend’s bus system—Transpo.

“It’s a 100-kilowatt system that will be the equivalent of about 25 to 40 residential homes worth of electricity,” said Tim Polega of Inovateus Solar. “The Transpo building is going to have the state’s largest solar installation going on the roof,” according to a Feb. 11 WNDU.com report.

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