$10 Million Solar Farm Coming to Orangeburg Area

By Mike Switzer

Published April 27, 2017 at 5:34 AM EDT

Although announcements from Washington continue to signal a return toward emphasizing fossil fuel investments, a small and conservative southern state continues to grow its investment in renewable energy.

Mike Switzer interviews Bret Sowers with Southern Current in Charleston, who recently announced a $10 million solar energy project in Orangeburg County.

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After almost 20 years, Mike Switzer retired from Wells Fargo Securities in 2001 as Senior Vice President/Investment Officer and Certified Portfolio Manager. In 1999, he and his wife, Maggie, purchased and operated for eight years the Baskin Robbins ice cream store on Forest Drive in Columbia. They grew the store from a bottom-tier operation in the Baskin Robbins franchise system to one in the top 5% nationwide within three years, tripling sales along the way. While operating the ice cream store, Mike and Maggie received patents for a portable ice cream sink and fold-down sneezeguard they invented and in 2002 started Magnolia Carts, an ice cream cart manufacturing company, which they sold in 2013.

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