From the Lincoln Journal Star:
Friday was more than a banner day for the Lincoln Electric System. It was equivalent to a seismic shift in the way Lincoln residents will get their power over the next 25 years. Adding power from two wind farms and a solar energy project will increase the utility’s renewable generation portfolio to 48 percent by 2016.
LES will add 173 megawatts of power generated from a wind farm in north-central Kansas and one in northeast Nebraska in 2016 and add a 5-megawatt solar energy farm along Interstate 80 near 75th and West Holdrege streets near the Lincoln airport. The solar farm’s footprint — equivalent to slightly more than 30 acres of land, or about 25 football fields — will be visible to motorists much like the two wind turbines on the east edge of Lincoln.