Harrison County, OH (WTRF)-Residents and workers in Harrison County pushed for a proposed solar energy project during a public hearing Tuesday night.
The project still has a ways to go before it’s ‘okayed’. But so far, many are on board.
This project involves a 100 megawatt solar-powered farm. If it gets approved, it will get built in the Athens Township in Harrison County and will take up about 580 acres within a 1,200 acre area. It will include a lot, from access roads, underground electric lines, to transformers, and other related-facilities.
The solar farm will also be surrounded by a fence and landscaping.
There’s still a lot of work ahead, but people seem to agree it’ll be good for everyone.
“I think it will be a big benefit. It will bring in a lot of tax dollars, a lot of jobs.” Ashton Holderbaun, the Ohio Power Siting Board…