Massive Spotsylvania solar plant is online

[TexasTowelie]

On a recent afternoon, white clouds drifted in the blue sky over a massive plot of rural

land in western Spotsylvania County. Sunlight streamed down on 6,350 acres of creeks, ponds, trees and fields of beige knee-high grass.

And something else was gleaming under those rays: row after row of solar panels.

The property also has a dirt road network, with stop signs and a pair of mobile stoplights for a one-way bridge.

Eventually, just more than 1.5 million solar panels will cover about 3,500 acres of the property. About half of the panels have been installed and are generating electricity.

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