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After debate, huge (500 MW) solar power plant coming to Northern Virginia
https://wtop.com/virginia/2019/04/after-debate-huge-solar-power-plant-coming-to-northern-virginia/After debate, huge solar power plant coming to Northern Virginia
By Neal Augenstein | @AugensteinWTOP
April 12, 2019 9:11 am
After two years of debate, the Spotsylvania County Board of Supervisors voted Thursday to approve a special-use permit for what will be the East Coast’s largest solar power plant.
Solar energy company sPower will build the $615 million 500-megawatt project on about 3,500 acres, or more than 5 square miles of land in the western Spotsylvania County, Virginia.
Almost two-million solar panels will be installed on several tracts of land, in what’s called the Wilderness area of the county.
Opponents said the project was too big and carried unknown health and environmental risks, which the company disputed.
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By Neal Augenstein | @AugensteinWTOP
April 12, 2019 9:11 am
After two years of debate, the Spotsylvania County Board of Supervisors voted Thursday to approve a special-use permit for what will be the East Coast’s largest solar power plant.
Solar energy company sPower will build the $615 million 500-megawatt project on about 3,500 acres, or more than 5 square miles of land in the western Spotsylvania County, Virginia.
Almost two-million solar panels will be installed on several tracts of land, in what’s called the Wilderness area of the county.
Opponents said the project was too big and carried unknown health and environmental risks, which the company disputed.
…