OTTAWA’S ENERGY PORTFOLIO IS QUITE EXPANSIVE IN THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ENERGY THE CITY DRAWS FROM. LATELY, THERE HAS BEEN QUITE A BIT OF CHATTER ON SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT HOW MUCH POWER THE CITY’S SOLAR PANELS, OVER BY THE WATER PLANT, ACTUALLY PRODUCE. ACTING PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, DENNIS THARP, SAYS THEY WEREN’T INSTALLED TO PROVIDE A GREAT AMOUNT OF POWER
EVERGY HAS BEEN WORKING WITH SOME CITIES ON OUR AREA TO PROVIDE LARGER SOLAR ARRAYS, AND HAD APPROACHED THE CITY OF OTTAWA ABOUT IT. OSAWATOMIE IS PARTNERING WITH EVERGY TO BUILD UP TO FIVE MEGAWATTS OF SOLAR POWER TO SERVE THAT COMMUNITY. IT IS TO BE INSTALLED NORTH OF THE OSAWATOMIE STATE HOSPITAL.
