Supervisors reject proposed solar farm near Bealeton
Pennsylvania-based Dynamic Energy lost its bid to build the solar farm just east of Route 17, south of Bealeton. When I looked at this, I didnât want to take solid farmland out of production. Those are good soils on that property. For me, I do not want to see that removed from farming. Supervisor Rick Gerhardt (Cedar Run District)
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Staff Journalist Fauquierâs board of supervisors Thursday night put an end to a Pennsylvania-based companyâs plans to build a five-megawatt solar facility on 40 acres of farmland near Bealeton.
Bealeton solar farm plan faces skeptical supervisors
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Dynamic Energy LLC proposes a solar farm along Route 17 south of Bealeton â similar to this one in Greenpoint, N.Y. I understand the need for renewable energy, and I donât have a problem with that, per se. But when it has to come at the expense of potentially our rural lands . . . I think itâs a questionable trade-off. And thatâs why I have reservations. Supervisor Holder Trumbo
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Staff Journalist Fauquierâs board of supervisors Thursday will have the final say on whether a proposed five-megawatt solar farm just south of Bealeton substantially complies with the countyâs comprehensive plan.