West Austin church installs over 550 solar panels

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A church in West Austin could soon be saving hundreds of thousands of dollars with a switch to solar panels.On the roof of Riverbend Church, there are now more than 550 SunPower solar panels.Throughout its Sunday services, this efficient energy is being used in full force.Senior pastor Dave Haney says some of the extra energy being produced is pushed onto the electric grid."It's like, we have a farm and we grow food,” he said. “We use the food and what we have l