Another floating solar win for MSI Utilities and solar energy partner D3 Energy

Lima, Ohio received the Power a Clean Future Ohio’s Clean Energy Innovator Award for their new floating solar farm supplied by D3 Energy and MSI Utilities. The project started in 2023 and came on line in 2025. The solar array will provide a power output of 2 megawatts. The total project cost is $5.3 million, with grants from the Department of Energy covering $2.4 million and $889 thousand in direct pay tax credits through the Inflation Reduction Act’s Direct Pay program, resulting in a total cost to the city of just over $2 million.