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US Solar presents several community-solar proposals; ZBA pauses for follow-up and public comment
Summary
US Solar presented technical evidence and site plans for multiple community-solar projects in Iroquois County (19.9 acres/3.3 MW and 13.9 acres/1.99 MW among them). The board heard drainage surveys (GPR), decommissioning and pollinator-planting plans and scheduled further public comment and follow-up review on Feb. 18.
United States Solar presented multiple community-solar permit applications to the Iroquois County Zoning Board of Appeals on Jan. 28 and answered questions on drainage, screening, decommissioning and battery size; the board recessed the hearing and scheduled continuation to allow public comment and additional technical review.
Taylor Candy, senior project developer for US Solar, described two projects in the county and said the company had completed ground-penetrating-radar (GPR) drain-tile surveys for each parcel. Candy told the board US Solar uses a construction-and-operations plan that includes preconstruction planning, construction best practices,…
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