Coming to a farm near you!
That is NOT corn or soybeans you see it’s 90
acres of solar panels generating power for a Baltimore business.
Pay attention Dorchester County residents! This is what can happen to the farmland around your home if our Zoning laws aren’t amended.
Dorchester County’s prime agricultural land is at risk of being developed into Solar Utility fields that supply power to the grid.
And Guess What??
If you live near a field, it can be right around your home too
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Protecting Dorchester’s heritage, attractive rural landscape and important natural resources, especially agriculture.
Proposed 20MW Solar Plant
American Farm Publications, Inc
Should solar projects on farmland see light of day?
By BRUCE HOTCHKISS, Senior Editor
Huge solar projects face local roadblocks
By BRUCE HOTCHKISS, Senior Editor
Photovoltaic Heat Island Effect
“The Photovoltaic Heat Island Effect: Larger solar power plants increase local temperatures”
Overview from OneEnergy Renewables for the planned Sunnee Bee Industrial Solar Plant located next to Historic East New Market along MD RT 392 and Linkwood Road covering 180 acres of Prime farmland.
Sunnee Bee Project Overview_08172016.pdf
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Letting the sun shine - The Baltimore Sun
Solar energy needs to be responsible
Meet Md. solar industry's newest foe: farmers
Talbot County Bill 1352 - Limits put on Solar in Talbot County Maryland
The 319 acres in Dorchester, a Tier 1 growth area for Cambridge. will require a zoning change or preemption by the State to get a CPCN.
Kent Conservation and Preservation Alliance
An Informational Flyer
Coming to a farm near you FLYER.pdf
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