'A scar upon the land'? Neighbors fight back against $600M solar project – York News-Times

Are wind and solar farms a rural windfall or a blight on the landscape? Communities are grappling with questions of land use.
Neighbors to a proposed, large-scale solar farm southwest of Lincoln are appealing a judge’s recent decision affirming the Lancaster County Board’s approval of a special-use permit for the project. 
People attend a Lancaster County Board meeting Jan. 14, 2025, at the County-City Building. Opponents and supporters of a large solar farm planned for southern Lancaster County offered testimony for six hours on the proposed $600 million, 304-megawatt solar project, which Florida company NextEra Energy wants to build on 2,400 acres east of Hallam.

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Are wind and solar farms a rural windfall or a blight on the landscape? Communities are grappling with questions of land use.
People attend a Lancaster County Board meeting Jan. 14, 2025, at the County-City Building. Opponents and supporters of a large solar farm planned for southern Lancaster County offered testimony for six hours on the proposed $600 million, 304-megawatt solar project, which Florida company NextEra Energy wants to build on 2,400 acres east of Hallam.
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