By Jenny Wagner jwagner@timesonline.com
VANPORT TWP. — As you drive through Beaver County, the sight of rusted steel frame buildings and abandoned brownfield sites are reminders of a once-thriving industrial past.
Soon, however, those who pass by Eaton Corp. on Georgetown Lane in Vanport Township will get a glimpse of the areas bright future in the renewable energy industry.
On Monday, the company will begin a project to install what will be the largest solar energy array in western Pennsylvania on property adjacent to the 500,000-square-foot plant, company officials said.
The ground-mounted system will include solar panels made by Motech Industries in Newark, Del., and will occupy currently unused parking lot space on the west end of the site. (read the rest here)