Tempers flare at solar forum
By Tim Colliver - tcolliver@aimmediamidwest.com
State Rep. Shane Wilkin (left) listens to one of the concerned citizens who packed the Lynchburg fire station Tuesday night to express both concern and anger regarding a trio of solar panel farms proposed to be built near the village. At center, back to camera, is David Gingerich, who was the moderator and a member of Clinton County/Highland County Citizens Concerned About Solar Farms.
Tim Colliver | The Times-Gazette
It was standing room only at the Lynchburg fire station for Tuesday’s solar farm discussion. Organizers of the event estimated nearly 200 people were in attendance.
Solar project moves forward in Henderson
Solar project moves forward in Henderson By Lesya Feinstein and Jill Lyman | May 7, 2021 at 1:14 PM CDT - Updated May 7 at 5:36 PM
HENDERSON, Ky. (WFIE) - The Henderson Planning Commission has approved more plans for a proposed solar farm.
Weâre told the next step will now be building planning.
The commission approved rezoning under certain conditions, including limits on size and height of the solar panels, and there will be money set aside in case the project fails to reestablish the nature and agriculture damaged in the process.
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As weâve reported, the solar facility will be built by National Grid Renewables, formerly Geronimo Energy, on nearly 1,700 acres at the Henderson/Webster County line.
Tempers flare at solar forum
By Tim Colliver - tcolliver@aimmediamidwest.com
It was standing room only at the Lynchburg fire station for Tuesday’s solar farm discussion. Organizers of the event estimated nearly 200 people were in attendance.
Tim Colliver | The Times-Gazette
LYNCHBURG One concerned citizen called the area “the wild west of solar panels,” and it was a frustrated, exasperated and at times hostile crowd that greeted State Rep. Shane Wilkin (R-Hillsboro) in the Lynchburg fire station Tuesday evening.
The standing room only event was called to allow private citizens whose property either bordered on or was adjacent to any of the three proposed solar panel farms in the Lynchburg area to air their grievances about perceived devaluation of property values, loss of productive farm land, wildlife and health concerns, and fears of pollution of ground water.
Citizens seek answers on solar farms
Wilkin responds to public outcry A standing-room only crowd of concerned citizens from Highland and Clinton counties, along with local and state public officials, met at the Lynchburg Area Joint Fire & Ambulance Tuesday, May 4 to discuss area solar farms. (Photos by David Mayer.) State Rep. Shane Wilkin answers questions at the May 4 meeting. • • A standing-room only crowd of concerned citizens from Highland and Clinton counties, along with local and state public officials, met at the Lynchburg Area Joint Fire & Ambulance Tuesday, May 4 to discuss area solar farms.
Much of the specific concerns regarded Dodson Creek, proposed as an “up to 117 megawatt (MW) solar development” in Dodson, Hamer and Union townships, and the proposed 200 MW Palomino Solar Project in Dodson and Union townships, although area solar farms in general were discussed. O
Talking solar in Lynchburg
By Tim Colliver - tcolliver@aimmediamidwest.com
Wilkin
A grass roots organization calling itself Clinton County/Highland County Citizens Concerned About Solar Farms is having an informational meeting Tuesday, May 4 at 7 p.m. at the Lynchburg Fire Department, located at 8123 S.R. 135 in Lynchburg.
On its Facebook page, the group states that it has 611 members.
State Rep. and Lynchburg native Shane Wilkin (R-Dist. 91) told The Times-Gazette that he will be in attendance at the meeting “with open eyes and an open mind” as to what concerns some of his constituents may have concerning the proliferation of solar panel farms around his home town.