PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP — Grand Rapids suburb Plainfield Township will be the first community in the state to use floating solar panels to help reduce energy costs.

The township board approved a plan this month that will allow solar panels in a corner of a former gravel pit turned reservoir. The panels will be floating near the water treatment plant.

Mathew Riley with Whitepine Renewables says the project will produce about 800 kilowatts.

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