After approving two solar farms in the past few years and last month denying the largest one yet proposed in the Piney River area, the Amherst County Board of Supervisors unanimously adopted an update to utility-scale solar zoning rules Tuesday.
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.
TAZEWELL, Va. — Tazewell County officials will hold a public hearing later this month to consider an ordinance for regulating solar energy collection facilities.
Construction has begun on the solar project off Ford Hill Road as of Nov. 13, Hampshire County Planning Commission President Duane “Punkin” Oates reported during last Wednesday’s meeting.