A worldwide company is proposing to build a solar energy farm covering 2.5 square miles in south Linn County. I’m surprised there hasn’t been more news coverage of what would be the first new power plant in these parts. So let me give it a try.
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Tags: exclsuive farm use, farm land, Hanwha Qcells USA, Linn County, Muddy Creek Energy Park, Oregn Energy Facility Siting Council, solar farm, solar power
Tags: exclsuive farm use, farm land, Hanwha Qcells USA, Linn County, Muddy Creek Energy Park, Oregn Energy Facility Siting Council, solar farm, solar power
Muddy Creek solar project asks more time
Driving up I-5 toward Albany the other day, I saw banners in the fields on the right with the word “Solar.” At freeway speed, I could not make out the rest. But whatever happened to the proposal to build the “Muddy Creek Energy Park” in that vicinity?
Tags: Brownsville, Interstate 5, Muddy Creek Energy Park, Oregon Energy Facility Siting Council, solar energy