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Dover Township Zoning Hearing Board approved a special use exception for Solar Renewable Energy’s proposal for a solar farm on Harmony Grove Road.

Solar Renewable Energy’s proposal for a 27-acre, 10,500 solar panel farm on Harmony Grove Road was approved in a 3-1 vote by the Zoning Hearing Board Wednesday night.

After two hours of tense discussion, the Dover Township Zoning Hearing Board granted a special exception for what could be the communitys second solar farm.

The 10,500-panel solar farm, proposed by Mechanicsburg-based Solar Renewable Energy, is planned for 5370 Harmony Grove Road in Dover Township.

A request for a special exception was ultimately continued to the boards March 15 meeting after a near three-hour meeting Wednesday night.