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McHenry County zoning board approves 2 MW Arena/Topaz community solar project with amended site-plan date and conditions
Summary
Arena/Topaz Solar LLC's request for a conditional use permit for a 2-megawatt commercial solar facility (Z25-0083) was approved 7-0 by the McHenry County Zoning Board after the board amended condition 2 to adopt the November site plan and approved decommissioning, seed-mix and subscriber provisions.
The McHenry County Zoning Board voted unanimously to approve a conditional use permit for Arena/Topaz Solar LLC (petition Z25-0083), clearing a roughly 80-acre site near West Gracie Road for a 2-megawatt community-scale solar facility, the applicant said.
Sean Hickey, a licensed professional engineer presenting for the applicant, described the project as "a 2 megawatt facility, solar only, no battery energy storage," with no floodplain impacts or tree clearing proposed. Hickey said the project will use…
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