Tuesday, July 17, 2018

Solar Farm Locations


Tom's Mailbag had a short bit on proposed solar farm locations as the County appears set to change the zoning rules to allow them in certain agricultural zones. From Saturday's News-Gazette:
Solar farms in Champaign County

"With regard to the proposed changes in zoning to allow solar farms in the county, is there a map of the proposed locations, and a list of the companies that have made the requests available?"

No, there is no map of the proposed locations, said John Hall, the county's director of planning and zoning.

"But the general locations and companies are as follows:

— "three solar farms have been proposed near St. Joseph (companies are ForeFront Power and Community Power Group)

— "three solar farms have been proposed near Sidney (companies are Forefront Power, BayWa r.e., Cypress Creek Renewables)

— "one solar farm has been proposed northwest of Rantoul (Community Power Group)."
The full Mailbag article is here and covers a variety of local questions.

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