In the end, solar power opponents prevail in Williamsport, Ohio
EDF Renewables is abandoning plans for a 400-megawatt photovoltaic array in response to intense local opposition. This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News. It is republished with permission. Sign up for their newsletter here. Local opponents have succeeded in killing plans for a solar array in rural Ohio that now becomes one of the largest renewable energy projects in the country canceled because of resistance from nearby residents and their elected leaders. Mark Schein, a farmer whose land near Williamsport would have hosted part of the project, learned of the change of plans Thursday in a brief phone call with the developer, EDF Renewables. The company decided to withdraw its proposal to build the 400-megawatt Chipmunk Solar project in the face of a grassroots campaign and in light of state regulators’ recent rejections of projects that have local opposition. Chipmunk will be the second-largest solar array in the United States to have been submitted for regulatory appr...