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Seed companies lost their fight to keep a Nebraska feedlot from being sold as part of their effort to involve the operation in an ongoing cleanup of the pesticide-contaminated AltEn ethanol plant.
Supervisors voted to grant a conditional use permit to the Texas firm to run the feedyard adjacent to AltEn over objections from seed companies who argued Mead Cattle bore some
OPPD board member Janece Mollhoff said last weekâs vote was pivotal.
The project will help OPPD diversify its fuel mix and will move the district farther along in its effort to decarbonize, she said. Skyrocketing natural gas prices during this past winterâs rolling blackouts highlighted the importance of diverse fuel sources, she said.
Saunders County Board member Craig Bruenig said the vote was difficult.
âIâm sure there are going to be some hard feelings,â he said. âThe company met all the regulations, and we had an obligation to favor it.â
Board member Doris Karloff didnât attend the meeting or vote because her family owns property the project will be built on.
Saunders County approves solar farm construction near Yutan
May 24, 2021
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WAHOO, Neb. (AP) A county board in eastern Nebraska has approved plans by Omaha Public Power District to build the state’s first solar power plant.
The Saunders County Board voted unanimously last week to approve a conditional use permit for the solar farm, despite some local opposition to the project and a vote by the county’s local planning commission against it, the Omaha World-Herald reported.
OPPD revealed in April that it had signed a contract to build the huge bank of solar panels on 500 acres south of Yutan. The project would be the largest solar farm in Nebraska and is the first step toward the utility’s plan to provide 600 megawatts of solar power. The 81-megawatt facility, dubbed Platteview Solar, will have the capacity to generate enough electricity to power 14,000 homes.