The Shaftsbury Solar Project is in Shaftsbury, Vermont, saddled between Hale Mountain and Harrington Cobble, on a property with 182 acres of mostly gently rolling fields and forests. Approximately 104 acres have been proposed for development into a solar electric generation facility. Solar panels for 20 MW electric generation will be placed on 80 acres. Further clearings of forests, fields, and soils are called for to remove shade-casting trees, create temporary laydown yards, onsite graveled access roads, temporary new access for heavy-duty vehicles, and a stormwater management system that includes scraping soil to build berms and installation of five gravel wetlands.
The agritourism industry, including farm hotels like Blackberry Farm and restaurants offering farm tours like Blue Hill at Stone Barns, could shift public opinion on some of the largest issues facing America’s food system.
BENNINGTON Vermont Public Utility Commission members were in the area Friday to hear in-person public comment on a controversial 20-megawatt solar generating facility proposed in Shaftsbury.
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