Resident proposes agrivoltaics, urges moratorium on data centers until studies
Tanner Nielsen told the Rangely council he supports low-impact agrivoltaic solar — raised above ground so livestock can graze beneath — and urged transparency and a moratorium on data-center development until ecological, financial and demographic studies are completed.
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Tanner Nielsen, a resident who spoke during public comment, proposed an agrivoltaics program for Rangely as an alternative revenue source and urged tighter oversight of any data-center proposals. "I would even go further and push for a moratorium on all data centers, and development until we have long term ecological, financial, or demographic studies in terms of what that would be for the community and things like that," Nielsen said.
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