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Champaign County panel forwards proposed 4.99 MW community solar farm and decommissioning plan to full board

Champaign County Environment & Land Use Committee · January 9, 2026
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Summary

The Environment & Land Use Committee voted to forward a special-use rezoning for a 4.99 MW, 27.68-acre community solar farm and its accompanying decommissioning/site reclamation plan to the full Champaign County board for final approval.

The Champaign County Environment & Land Use Committee voted Dec. 16 to forward a special-use rezoning request for a proposed community photovoltaic solar farm to the full county board.

The project, filed by Somer Township Solar 1 LLC and proposed by New Leaf Energy with agent Tom Ryan and participating landowner Jane Hamburger (trustee), would install a 4.99-megawatt solar array spread over 27.68 acres north of East Fort Harris Road, west of North Lincoln Avenue and east of the Canadian…

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