Current：Home > MarketsSupervisors vote to allow solar panel farm in central Mississippi over residents’ objections -WealthDrive Solutions
Supervisors vote to allow solar panel farm in central Mississippi over residents’ objections
View
Date：2025-04-18 11:53:27
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — What could become Mississippi’s largest solar energy project was approved by a county board Monday over objections from people who live near the proposed site.
Hinds County supervisors voted 3-2 in favor of a conditional use permit for the Soul City Solar project, which would be developed near the Jackson suburbs of Raymond and Bolton.
The company behind the project, Apex Clean Energy, is based in Charlottesville, Virginia. Apex says on its website that Soul City Solar would generate enough electricity to power about 95,000 homes.
County officials said they expect the solar farm to be in operation by the end of 2027.
Some residents of Raymond and Bolton expressed concerns about how the solar panels will affect wildlife, nature and property values.
veryGood！ (9)
Related
- Newly elected West Virginia lawmaker arrested and accused of making terroristic threats
- Did AI write this headline?
- A Maryland TikToker raised more than $140K for an 82-year-old Walmart worker
- Protein-Filled, With a Low Carbon Footprint, Insects Creep Up on the Human Diet
- Intellectuals vs. The Internet
- Al Pacino and More Famous Men Who Had Children Later in Life
- Warming Trends: Global Warming Means Happier Rattlesnakes, What the Future Holds for Yellowstone and Fire Experts Plead for a Quieter Fourth
- 'It's like gold': Onions now cost more than meat in the Philippines
- House passes bill to add 66 new federal judgeships, but prospects murky after Biden veto threat
- Forests of the Living Dead
Ranking
- Newly elected West Virginia lawmaker arrested and accused of making terroristic threats
- Cold-case murder suspect captured after slipping out of handcuffs and shackles at gas station in Montana
- Judge overseeing Trump documents case agrees to push first pretrial conference
- At buzzy health care business conference, investors fear the bubble will burst
- From family road trips to travel woes: Americans are navigating skyrocketing holiday costs
- Can you use the phone or take a shower during a thunderstorm? These are the lightning safety tips to know.
- Anthropologie's Epic 40% Off Sale Has the Chicest Summer Hosting Essentials
- Disney employees must return to work in office for at least 4 days a week, CEO says
Recommendation
Stamford Road collision sends motorcyclist flying; driver arrested
Maryland, Virginia Lawmakers Spearhead Drive to Make the Chesapeake Bay a National Recreation Area
Massive landslide destroys homes, prompts evacuations in Rolling Hills Estates neighborhood of Los Angeles County
Federal safety officials probe Ford Escape doors that open while someone's driving
Tarte Shape Tape Concealer Sells Once Every 4 Seconds: Get 50% Off Before It's Gone
Christopher Meloni, Oscar Isaac, Jeff Goldblum and More Internet Zaddies Who Are Also IRL Daddies
The Acceleration of an Antarctic Glacier Shows How Global Warming Can Rapidly Break Up Polar Ice and Raise Sea Level
A Delta in Distress