As concerned citizens continue to fight against a plan to build the largest solar farm in the eastern United States near their homes in Spotsylvania, Virginia, the local board of supervisors hasn’t made a final decision on the issue.
Critics tell the Taxpayers Protection Alliance the decommission bond that Utah-based builder Sustainable Power Group, or sPower, has proposed is too low, and could leave local taxpayers in a financial lurch if accepted.
sPower wants to build a solar farm consisting of 1.8 million panels on 6,350 acres in Spotsylvania, the largest such farm east of the Rockies. The farm would generate 500 megawatts of solar power to sell to such clients as Apple and Microsoft. A buffer consisting of planted vegetation would be created around the panels, which would use about half of the acreage.
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Contaminated land and ground water is a problem along with disposal of toxic panel components. The Great Bay Solar project was approved with a ZERO decommissioning bond because the developer said the panels value would exceed the cost to dismantle and dispose of it. This is not true, but because Somerset County Commissioners had a covenant with the developer, that is what Somerset citizens got.
When the project is no longer functioning, it will cost more than $15,000,000(before inflation) to decommission plus the 1000 acres will be deemed a brownfield. The only local jobs are a few people who will mow the outskirts 3 times a year. Don't let this happen in your county.
It's called land rape
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