Following the announcement of a new solar power plant in Wyandot County, Ohio, comes the completion of another solar thin-film installation — the second the state has seen in as many weeks.

    Dayton Power & Light Company (DP&L), a utility, today announced the opening of a 1.1-megawatt (MW) solar installation at its Yankee substation in Montgomery County in southwestern Ohio. Comprised of over 9,000 thin-film solar modules from Sharp, the “Yankee Solar Array” is expected to generate enough electricity to power the equivalent of 150 homes.

    Under state renewable energy mandates, 25 percent of Ohio’s electricity is to come from renewable resources by 2025 — and, of that amount, half a percent is supposed to come from solar energy technologies.