The largest utility-scale solar farm project proposed to date in Amherst County in the Piney River area just next to the Nelson County border received the county board of supervisors’ unanimous vote of denial Tuesday.
Amherst County officials are opposing a proposed bill in the Virginia General Assembly that could place siting approval of large-scale solar farm operations away from localities and into purview of the State Corporation Commission.
Amherst County officials are opposing a proposed bill in the Virginia General Assembly that could place siting approval of large-scale solar farm operations away from localities and into purview of the State Corporation Commission.
A month-by-month recap of news in Amherst County in a year featuring a busy local election, kickoff of a renovation to the high school and a much talked about murder case coming back to Amherst.
A solar farm could come to Nelson County in the next four to five years after a recent presentation to the board of supervisors from Savion, a team comprised of utility-scale solar and energy storage development professionals.