A North Carolina company wants Prince William County to be home to Virginia’s second solar farm.
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A North Carolina company wants Prince William County to be home to Virginia’s second solar farm.
HCE Waterloo Solar LLC, a subsidiary of Raleigh, NC Holocene clean energyy, is seeking a special use permit for the facility.
The approximately 232.3-acre property is located at 2539 Logmill Road in the northwest corner of the county off US 15, near the Prince William-Ladun-Fauquier county line. Land owned by William and Elizabeth Latham.
The property is zoned for agricultural use and requires a special permit for the use of a solar power plant.
There is a project one of the three listed on the company’s website are currently under development, with two in Virginia and one in Delaware. Holocene has an existing 100-acre farm in Charlotte County, Virginia, and several in North Carolina.
“Solar energy can be seen as a form of agriculture, as crops are harvested from solar energy, which becomes a high-value commodity resource,” application says.