Ann Arbor’s efforts to become carbon neutral by 2030 are about to get a significant boost in funding.
Starting in July, the city is set to get the first $7 million of the Community Climate Action Millage recently passed by voters.
Ann Arbor’s energy coordinator, Joe Lange, says those funds will help pay for a variety of programs, including a feasibility study of geo-thermal energy that will see if it could be used to power an entire neighborhood.
<i>“To see how we can start powering those homes, community center, a county facility, and a city facility with geothermal and get started on the design of that system.”</i>
Lange says they’re also looking into other programs related to improving energy efficiency and expanding solar energy production.
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