solar farm

Finding lodging for next month’s total eclipse means thinking outside the box. Acreage needed for solar panels is taking up farmland. Bloomington residents are divided about a proposed development on the city’s southwest side.

A developer wants to build a 1,100-acre solar farm in northern Indiana that would generate enough electricity to power 25,000 homes.

Delaware County officials passed new rules on solar farms in May and approved tax abatements for two upcoming solar projects in October.