Mazauna wani yanki na yankin Detroit da aka bari cikin duhu bayan sasanta masu amfani da su na fatan sake haskaka titunan su ta hanyar amfani da hasken rana.
Highland Park a cikin Michigan, yana aiki don girka fitilun titi masu amfani da hasken rana har 200 a kewayen garin don maye gurbin wadanda DTE Energy ta cire saboda kudin lantarki da ba a biya ba.
Highland Park, wanda ke kusa da Detroit, ya dogara sosai akan maƙwabcin makwabcinsa wanda ya lalace saboda biranen biyu sun ga al'ummominsu sun ragu. Yayinda Highland Park ke da mazauna kusan 50,000 bayan Yaƙin Duniya na II, yawan mutanen ya ragu zuwa 11,000 kawai a cikin 2010 yayin da masu kera motoci suka ƙaura, suna ɗaukar aiki tare da su.
Tare da ƙaramin tushen haraji birnin kuma bai iya biyan kuɗin wutan lantarki ba, kuma a shekarar 2011 Highland Park ta cimma matsaya tare da DTE Energy inda garin ya amince a cire sama da kashi biyu bisa uku na fitilun titunanta. Ba a kashe waɗannan fitilun titin kawai ba, amma an cire su har ma an cire su daga cikin sakonnin.

Wannan ya biyo bayan gazawar garin na biyan dala biliyan 60,000 na wutar lantarki a wata wanda hakan ya haifar da gibin dala miliyan 4 da ake bin DTE. DTE ta yafe bashin ta hanyar dawo da wutar fitilun kan titi sama da 1,000.

Daga wannan rikicin ne aka kirkiri Highland a kusa da tunanin maye gurbin fitilun kan titi da mallakar al'umma, kashe wutar lantarki, fitilun kan hanya masu amfani da hasken rana. Idan al'umma ta mallaki kadara, kamfanin ba zai taba iya karbe su ba.
A tsawon shekaru hudu, Highland na neman tara dala miliyan 1.5 kuma ta kaddamar da kungiyar hadin kai ta mazauna Highland Park don gudanar da girka fitilun kan titi masu amfani da hasken rana 200. Wannan shirin yana da ma'ana sosai ga Highland Park saboda ba a haɗa shi da layin wuta ba kuma fitilu ba su da kuɗin aiki.

Hasken tituna na hasken rana yana ɗaukar kuzari yayin hasken rana kuma yana kunna kai tsaye da yamma. Baturin na iya samarda caji fiye da kima ta hanyar amfani da hasken rana koda a rana mai hadari.

Wannan aikin zai iya fitar da Highland Park daga "ƙarancin zamaninsa" yayin da a lokaci guda ya ba da damar garin ya zama ƙasa ta tabbatar da waɗannan nau'ikan sabbin abubuwa.