Ann Arbor and DTE team to build solar farm at the airport

Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks? The venerable mostly coal-dependent energy company DTE has decided to partner with Tree Town to build a roughly 10-acre solar array out at the Ann Arbor airport.

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"DTE spokesman Scott Simons says the solar array would be a continuation of the utility’s Solar Currents program and would help Detroit-based DTE meet the state’s renewable energy standards. Simons says most of its renewable energy is coming from wind power.

Simons says power would go directly to the grid and would produce enough energy to power about 150 homes."

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