Cambridge is looking for input from its residents on a proposed solar farm at the village’s western gateway.
In January, the Cambridge Village Board created an ad hoc energy subcommittee to plan for its involvement in the state review of the 375-megawatt solar farm proposed by Chicago developer Invenergy LLC. The solar farm would lie just west of Cambridge in the Towns of Deerfield and Christiana, spanning both sides of U.S. Highway 12-18 at the village’s gateway.
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