solar energy

Utility-scale solar is booming in Kentucky, but the regulations that govern these merchant operators were designed for a different era. Now, a state senator is trying to update those rules to balance the interests of communities and an emerging industry.

Merchant solar companies looking to harness the power of the sun are increasingly turning to Kentucky. Over the last two years, utility regulators have...

A McCracken County board unanimously approved a conditional use permit for the county’s first ever solar farm — a $60 million investment to take up more than 600 acres — with dozens of community members and local elected officials attending the meeting Wednesday night.

A McCracken County board isn’t moving on their denial of a permit for a solar farm until they hear more about a reported economic development project reportedly contingent on the solar farm moving forward.

St. Vincent’s Mission has been doing the work of feeding, clothing and sheltering the people of Floyd County, Kentucky, since 1968.“We believe that all…

A new bill in the Kentucky legislature could ban large-scale solar projects on farmland in the state, out of fears that the growing solar industry could…

The golden hue of the sunset shines across the sky and through the window as a woman drives down Van Meter Road in central Kentucky’s Clark County,…

Caldwell County officials say a $200 million solar farm could be coming into the county by 2023, potentially generating more than 200 megawatts of…

A recent Consumer Reports survey found more than 75 percent of Americans support increasing renewable energy. And in states where coal-fired power…

Solar panels are popping up around Kentucky, including five major solar projects in the western, eastern and northern parts of the commonwealth. Of the…