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5,000 solar panels to be installed beside Circle Drive S.
Saskatoon is lighting up its power grid with its first utility-scale solar facility.
Construction has started on the 2.8-megawatt solar project, located on about 14 acres of land between the CN railway tracks and the Circle Drive S. freeway, east of Dundonald Avenue and south of 11th Street West.
Jose Cheruvallath, the city’s metering and sustainable electricity manager, said the site is ideal for the $3.3-million project.