Another potential solar farm near Homer passed the first step towards eventual approval this week. The proposed solar farm this time is much smaller than that 1,600 acre behemoth approved at the last regular County Board meeting. From Friday's News-Gazette:
Champaign County zoning board OKs plan for solar farm near HomerFull article here.
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Representatives from Atlanta-based SolAmerica Energy LLC appeared before the Champaign County Zoning Board of Appeals on Thursday night to seek a special-use permit for a 2-megawatt solar farm, to be called the Champaign Sinclair Farm.
After a two-hour discussion, the board voted 4-0 to recommend approval of the permit, which advances the proposal to the county's Environment and Land Use Committee.
The proposed facility would be built on a 75.33-acre tract of land owned by Phyllis Jane Sinclair east of the village of Homer, west of the Vermilion County line and north of the sewage treatment plant.
Solar panels would take up 14.6 acres of that property and would generate enough energy for between 200 and 300 homes...
If the Champaign Sinclair Farm is ultimately approved by the county board and is selected in the Illinois Power Agency's lottery for contracts for renewable energy credits, Peters said construction would begin in May or June of this year.
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