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Adams County OKs large-scale Vega solar project with battery storage, sets decommissioning oversight conditions
Summary
The board approved conditional use permits for a 120 MW AC solar facility and 60 MW battery storage on roughly 981 acres in eastern Adams County, 5-0, adding a condition that the operator reimburse the county for third-party decommissioning-cost reviews every two years.
The Adams County Board of County Commissioners voted 5-0 on July 1 to approve conditional use permits for the Vega Solar Energy Facility, a proposed utility-scale solar project and associated battery energy storage and substation on approximately 981 acres in eastern Adams County.
Planner Brian Marron presented the application (Case PRC 2024-6), saying the site is about 16 miles north of Byers and is zoned Agricultural A-3 with a future land-use designation of agricultural large scale. The project team requested three conditional use permits: a large-scale solar facility, a utility substation, and a battery energy storage system. The county packet and staff report describe panels mounted on single-axis trackers, panel heights of roughly 8 to 10 feet depending on topography, and engineered setbacks from abandoned oil and gas wells.
The applicant, represented by Dale Harris of Infinity Global, said the project would be sited where two major transmission lines cross the properties and is designed for 120 MW AC (156 MW DC) of solar paired…
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