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U.S. solar company Cypress Creek Renewables won state support Wednesday for putting panels on about 3,000 acres in Yakima County and outlined plans for a 2,000-acre project in neighboring Klickitat
The Horse Heaven Hills south of the Tri-Cities are a patchwork quilt of shrubs, bushes and grasses a few inches to 6 feet in height.
After a lengthy discussion at the Board of County Commissioners meeting May 25, the board voted unanimously to rescind the temporary moratorium on solar farm development in Klickitat County.
Solar farms booming in Washington, but where should they go? Some Klickitat County residents say projects hurt property values, way of life By Hal Bernton, The Seattle Times Published: May 10, 2021, 6:03am Share: Dan Christopher, Klickitat County commissioner, talks with solar critics picketing across from the Goldendale Post Office. (Hal Bernton/The Seattle Times) GOLDENDALE — In September 2018, Russ and Amy Hanson received an unsolicited offer from Invenergy to cover their land near this south central Washington town with solar panels. They could earn up to $40,000 a ...
Originally published on May 4, 2021 9:52 am Bonneville Power Administration’s Knight Substation makes this area in Klickitat County attractive to renewable energy companies. CREDIT: Courtney Flatt/NWPB Listen You can see Mount Adams rising from the horizon on a grassy hilltop on Amy Hanson’s land. Farms reach out in most directions. Homes dot the landscape. Hanson and her husband invested more than a decade and thousands of dollars into this property, driving nearly 200 miles from Chehalis on weekends to build fences and whatever else they could afford as the years went on. She might n...