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Will County committee reviews solar acreage, seeks guidelines and battery-storage review
Summary
Staff reported about 951.67 acres approved for solar special uses (roughly 0.4% of county farmland), with ~245 acres permitted or operational; members asked staff to draft a usable solar-guidelines checklist, consider density preferences, and include battery energy storage cases for ordinance review.
Will County planning staff told the Land Use and Development Committee that approximately 951.67 acres of farmland had been approved for solar special uses — about 0.4% of the county’s ~216,593 acres of farmland — and that about 245 acres were either permitted or operational.
"The approved solar is about 951.67 acres... that's about 0.4% of the farmland in the county," Margie said, adding that roughly 26% of the approved acreage has moved forward in permitting or construction. Committee members said those figures eased but did not eliminate concerns…
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