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The measure stops short of allowing solar systems on land zoned for agriculture, but the council is organizing a work-group to determine how to open up those parcels to development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In other areas of the U.S., community solar developers and farmland owners have developed a symbiotic relationship; the wide-open, usually flat land is ideal for PV projects and landowners stand to receive income that requires no maintenance or labor on their part.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As for where projects can go in Harford County, installations up to 2 MW in capacity are approved for business and residential-zoned land, with up to three installations allowed on one parcel or on connecting parcels of land. Systems can be located no closer than 150 feet from a property line or closer than 200 feet from a dwelling, no taller than 15 feet, require landscape buffering and fences at least 6 feet high, and must be constructed with glare mitigation in mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The measure also designates community solar installations as special developments, allowing them to be appealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From: https:\/\/pv-magazine-usa.com\/2021\/03\/11\/maryland-county-approves-measure-allowing-community-solar\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Community solar installations up to 2 MW may be developed on business- and residential-zoned land, with work yet to be done to open farmland to development. County councilmembers in Harford County, Maryland, northeast of Baltimore, unanimously approved a measure to allow community solar projects on select types of land in the county. The measure stops…
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