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Marshall County adopts two-year moratoriums on large solar, battery storage, data centers and carbon-capture projects
Summary
The Marshall County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously at a Jan. 2 special meeting to enact separate two-year moratoriums on farm-scale/industrial solar projects, utility-scale battery energy storage, data centers and carbon-capture developments while the county and planning commission develop new standards.
The Marshall County Board of Commissioners voted Jan. 2 to enact four separate two-year moratoriums halting new large-scale solar, commercial battery storage, data center and carbon-capture projects while county officials and the planning commission develop updated land‑use standards.
Commissioners adopted four ordinances — designated in the package as PC-25 PC-1 through PC-25 PC-4 — that pause permitting for (1) farm-scale solar projects defined in the ordinance as projects with more than 10 acres of panel area; (2) utility‑scale battery energy storage systems using the state statutory definition that excludes small home-based systems; (3) data centers governed by existing ordinance definitions; and (4) carbon‑capture projects defined to incorporate Indiana’s statutory chapter on underground storage of carbon dioxide. Each moratorium is set to last two years from…
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