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Solar project to power Kettering tissue bank

A rendering shows a solar array that will be generating power for Solvita by late 2025.
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A rendering shows a solar array that will be generating power for Solvita by late 2025.

One area business is going solar.

Solvita announced it has a new business deal with IGS Solar to create a large-scale panel installation. The 1.5 megawatt solar array will help power that nonprofit's tissue graft manufacturing center.

“We are using the sun as part of our long-term strategy to manage our use and expense of energy and demonstrate our commitment to helping solve problems and improving our world," Solvita CEO Christopher Graham said in a statement.

IGS will sell all the electricity the system produces to Solvita under a long-term power purchase agreement.

Solvita is in Kettering Research Park. The company said it will become the first major tissue bank in the world to use a solar array to power a portion of its operations.

By late 2025, it’s anticipated Project Sol Array will be generating power.

Kathryn Mobley is an award-winning broadcast journalist, crafting stories for more than 30 years. At WYSO, her expertise includes politics, local government, education and more.

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