A view of the area on Virginia 151 where the Piney River Solar Project would be installed. The field is in Amherst County right next to the Nelson County line.
Paige Dingler, The Nelson county times
A section of the Virginia Blue Ridge Railway Trail where Hurricane Camille is commemorated in Nelson County. On the other side of the Piney River in Amherst County, fewer than 300 yards away, is where a utility-scale solar facility was proposed to locate. Energix, the company proposing the solar farm, said panels would not be seen from the trail.
Justin Faulconer
In this October 2017 file photo, solar panels are shown at a solar farm under construction in the Town of Bedford. While such a farm operates within the town limits, Bedford County supervisors have declined to proceed with establishing an ordinance that would allow utility-scale solar farms in the county.
A view of the area on Virginia 151 where the Piney River Solar Project would be installed. The field is in Amherst County right next to the Nelson County line.
A section of the Virginia Blue Ridge Railway Trail where Hurricane Camille is commemorated in Nelson County. On the other side of the Piney River in Amherst County, fewer than 300 yards away, is where a utility-scale solar facility was proposed to locate. Energix, the company proposing the solar farm, said panels would not be seen from the trail.
In this October 2017 file photo, solar panels are shown at a solar farm under construction in the Town of Bedford. While such a farm operates within the town limits, Bedford County supervisors have declined to proceed with establishing an ordinance that would allow utility-scale solar farms in the county.
