As the number of wind and solar farms increases, so does opposition in the rural areas where they’re being built. While more counties and townships passed restrictions in the last year, some states are responding by passing laws making it harder for local governments to say no to wind and solar.
Apex Clean Energy has submitted a 3,000-plus-page application with the county to construct Prosperity Wind, a 300-megawatt project on about 20,000 acres of rural farmland in Blue Ridge and Goose