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May 1, 2025

BARREN SOLAR PROJECT

Chris Nelson
Chris Nelson
BARREN SOLAR PROJECT

A PROPOSED SOLAR FARM PROJECT IN BARREN COUNTY WOULD PLACE SOLAR PANELS ON 11-HUNDRED ACRES OF LEASED LAND THAT COULD DELIVER ENOUGH

ELECTRICITY TO POWER 17-THOUSAND HOMES ANNUALLY.....DEPENDING ON THE POWER GRID NEEDS.....AND RAISE REVENUES IN TAXES THAT WOULD GO BACK

TO THE COMMUNITY......

THE PROJECT HAS BEEN HOTLY CONCTESTED.....AND NOW THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE HAS VOICED CONCERNS REGARDING THE PROJECT.....

THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE ALLEGES "GREENEX SOLAR".....THE L-L-C BEHIND THE PROPOSED PROJECT.....HAS NOT SATISIFIED CONCERNS THE PROJECT COULD

CAUSE HARM TO MAMMOTH CAVE'S ECOSYSTEM......

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