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Zoning agency approves 6 MW Dessler Farm solar array; project to include vegetative screening and decommissioning plan
Summary
Walworth County’s Zoning Agency approved a conditional-use permit on June 19 for a 6-megawatt solar array proposed by 1 Energy to cover roughly 32 acres of a 52.5-acre field in Horry Township, including a vegetative screen and a decommissioning plan.
Walworth County’s Zoning Agency on June 19 approved a conditional-use permit for a 6-megawatt solar array to be sited on about 32 acres of a 52.5-acre field owned by Dessler Farm LP in Section 21, Horry Township. The applicant listed on the record is 1 Energy Renewables.
County staff presented aerial overlays and drone footage showing the proposed array footprint, access from Highway 20, and the applicant’s planned vegetative screening. Nolan Stumpf, representing 1 Energy, told the agency the proposed vegetative screen is a row of deciduous shrubs that, when mature, will be approximately 8 to 16 feet tall and that panels will sit roughly 6 to 9 feet above grade depending on topography.
The project’s…
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