Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra, left, talks with Miami Heat guard Gabe Vincent during a practice ahead of Game 3 of the NBA Finals, at the Kaseya Center in Miami, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler takes part in a practice ahead of Game 3 of the NBA Finals, at the Kaseya Center in Miami, Tuesday, June 6, 2023.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Two New Jersey utilities have joined forces on a clean energy project to pump water from a reservoir to 84,000 homes and businesses. New Jersey American Water Company and NJR Clean Energy Ventures put more than 16,500 floating solar panels atop the water of a reservoir in Millburn. The power generated by those floating panels provides 95% of the electricity that the Canoe Brook Water Treatment plant requires each day. The companies say the 17-acre solar array is the largest floating solar array in North America. Long popular in Asia, floating solar arrays are starting to catch on in the United States.
A man accused of supporting a foiled plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor plans to change his not-guilty plea. Records show Shawn Michael Fix is scheduled for a court hearing Wednesday. The 40-year-old Belleville resident is among five men charged with providing material support for an act of terrorism in the plot to abduct the Democratic governor in 2020 at her northern Michigan vacation home. Police broke up the scheme before it could be carried out. Another defendant, Brian Higgins, pleaded guilty to a lesser charge in March. Seven others have been convicted in separate trials.
FILE - Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer delivers her State of the State address to a joint session of the House and Senate, Jan. 25, 2023, at the state Capitol in Lansing, Mich. A man accused of supporting a foiled plot to kidnap Whitmer plans to change his not-guilty plea, records show. Shawn Michael Fix, 40, of Belleville, is one of five men charged with providing material support for an act of terrorism in the plot to abduct the Democratic governor in 2020 at her northern Michigan vacation home. (AP Photo/Al Goldis, File)
Solar panels from a project at a water treatment plant are shown Tuesday, June 6, 2023, in Millburn, N.J., that provides enough electricity to power 95% of the treatment facilities electrical needs. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
Solar panels from a smaller pilot project are shown, Tuesday, June 6, 2023, a water treatment plant in Millburn, N.J., where a larger array of floating solar panels provides enough electricity to power 95% of the treatment facilities electrical needs. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
Solar panels from a smaller pilot project are shown, Tuesday, June 6, 2023, a water treatment plant in Millburn, N.J., where a larger array of floating solar panels provides enough electricity to power 95% of the treatment facilities electrical needs. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
Solar panels from a project at a water treatment plant are shown Tuesday, June 6, 2023, in Millburn, N.J., that provides enough electricity to power 95% of the treatment facilities electrical needs. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
Solar panels from a project at a water treatment plant are shown Tuesday, June 6, 2023, in Millburn, N.J., that provides enough electricity to power 95% of the treatment facilities electrical needs. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
