A view of the largest of four portions of a site where the Piney River Solar Project was proposed in Amherst County just off the Virginia 151 corridor.
Justin Faulconer, New Era-Progress
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.
Shawn Hershberger, project manager for Piney River Solar, LLC, explains how the flat layout of this field near Virginia 151 is suitable for solar panels. The envisioned project for more than 150 acres of solar panels in Piney River was denied on Feb. 20 on a unanimous vote from the Amherst County Board of Supervisors.
A view of the largest of four portions of a site where the Piney River Solar Project was proposed in Amherst County just off the Virginia 151 corridor.
Shawn Hershberger, project manager for Piney River Solar, LLC, explains how the flat layout of this field near Virginia 151 is suitable for solar panels. The envisioned project for more than 150 acres of solar panels in Piney River was denied on Feb. 20 on a unanimous vote from the Amherst County Board of Supervisors.
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.
