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Dinwiddie supervisors reject rezoning for 20-MW Flower Solar project after lengthy public hearing
Summary
After more than three hours of testimony from developers, Dominion-affiliated contractors and dozens of residents, the Dinwiddie County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to deny rezoning of about 196 acres for a proposed 20-megawatt Flower Solar project, citing community concerns and land-use priorities.
The Dinwiddie County Board of Supervisors on Aug. 19 rejected a request to rezone roughly 196 acres north of Route 460 for a 20-megawatt Flower Solar project, voting unanimously to disapprove the application after an extended public hearing.
The proposal, filed by Flower Solar LLC (an affiliate of Greenville Power/Actualize), would have moved land now zoned A-2 agricultural and an M-2 industrial pocket into the county's Solar Energy District to host roughly 75 acres of solar panels within a fenced area of about 121 acres. Project proponents said the facility was designed as a distributed resource intended to feed local distribution lines and help guard against localized brownouts and…
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