…There are two presentations. The first is on siting agreements for solar projects or energy storage projects. Legislation that passed in 2020 required such an agreement if a proposed solar…
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Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for July 1, 2024
…allowing the storage of spent nuclear fuel Fluvanna Supervisors will have a public hearing on the removal of solar fields as an allowable use on agricultural, but a compromise appears…
Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for August 12
…County Service Authority to back financing from the United States Department of Agriculture. (learn more) There is a request from Wild Rose Solar that I’m going to write up in…
Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for July 21, 2025
…the zoning ordinance. The first relates to the use of manufactured homes as accessory structures and the second relates to “solar energy generation facilities.” “Solar Energy Generation Facilities are only allowed by Special…
On the Ground Updates – September 2025
…ordinance clarifying the different requirements for rooftop or ground-mounted solar installations for residential, business or farm use, versus utility-scale solar facilities connected to distribution and transmission lines. Loudoun PEC continues…
General Assembly Snapshot: 2026
…session will aim to expand the potential of rooftop solar, solar on the built environment and small-scale agrivoltaics, while lessening burdens on localities for rooftop solar permitting. Large-scale solar ·…
Virginia General Assembly in Full Swing
…session will aim to expand the potential of rooftop solar, solar on the built environment, battery storage, small-scale agrivoltaics, while lessening burdens on localities for rooftop solar permitting. Read more…
TedX Talk: 3 Ways to Find the Radical Middle with PEC’s Ashish Kapoor
…used for farming or energy, a farming practice known as agrivoltaics makes it possible to have both. Agrivoltaics is the process of producing solar energy with solar panels and growing…
The Piedmont Environmental Council Awarded $11,000 Grant to Bring Agrivoltaics to Low-income Urban Communities
…Farm on Earth Day, April 22. “By demonstrating the value of solar in small, pragmatic ways that benefit farmers, dual-use agrivoltaics projects combine conservation priorities and solar development,” said PEC…
Solarize Stories: Alisa Johnson of Oakham Farm
This video was posted to our Youtube, Facebook and Instagram pages on 6/19/20. Each year, residents and businesses within The Piedmont Environmental Council’s 9-county service area can take advantage of Solarize Piedmont,…