Howard County Library?s East Columbia branch officially turned green Thursday. County Executive Ken Ulman helped unveil the 24 solar photovoltaic panels installed last month as part of the county?s solar electric generation demonstration project.

“We really have a stark choice in the county, state and planet with the energy sources we?re using,” said Richard Deutschmann, chief executive officer of Chesapeake Solar, installers of the panels.

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