Solar farm developers with an eye on the open spaces of Fauquier County are finding an increasingly difficult road to win approval even as demand for energy grows. The Fauquier County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 Thursday night to uphold an earlier planning commission ruling which blocked construction of a proposed 80-megawatt solar farm in Bristersburg. The decision presents a serious hurdle for the growth of solar energy in Fauquier County. Only one solar project has made it past the county planning commission since 2017 despite rising energy demand.
A shadow has been cast over the future of solar in Fauquier after the Board of Supervisors rejected a renewable energy company s appeal to proceed with its proposal for a
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