Solar panels at Memphis Zoo could be first for city
If the Memphis Zoo erects solar panels for power, it will be the first city-owned building to do so. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
The Memphis Zoo consumes more than a tenth of all the power used at city-owned facilities, not including the city’s wastewater treatment plants.
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Keely Brewer is a Report for America corps member covering environmental impacts on communities of color in Memphis. She is working in partnership with the Ag & Water Desk, a sustainable reporting network aimed at telling water and agriculture stories across the Mississippi River Basin.
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