Columbia employees begin work on Missouri's largest solar array

Columbia Missourian

Work started Monday on what will be the largest solar energy array in Missouri.

When it is complete, the 3,500-panel solar array at the COLT Transload facility near Route B and Brown Station Road in northeast Columbia, will be rated for producing 1,000 kilowatt-hours of energy per hour. It is the second phase of the solar energy project at the building.

By comparison, the city’s current solar installations — at the West Ash Pumping Station, the Quaker Oats factory and Bright City Lights — are rated at 36.8 kilowatts…