Portage County is moving – slowly – toward renewable energy

Photo by Bill Mead

Portage County is moving – slowly – toward renewable energy

- Wendy DiAlesandro

Across Portage County, new solar installations are going in each month, and electric vehicle charging stations are popping up across the northern half of the county. 

Most of the investment, however, seems to be residential and private, according to interviews with local officials, rather than through public initiatives. (There is no countywide clearinghouse for this information.)

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