North America's first solar community, located nearby, is nearing completion, nearly 20 years later.
In 2006, a 52-home community was built to be powered by solar energy.
Fast forward to now, and they're shutting down the project due to significant financial losses, $150,000 a year in maintenance costs, $4.1 million if they want to rebuild it, and it will cost $2.2 million to dismantle it 🤦🏼
So the results of this "experiment" are millions of dollars in additional costs, costs to taxpayers, lower property values, most residents have already switched to natural gas anyway, and someone in China has gotten rich.
Source @Lubimov
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