Within a couple of years, Spotsylvania County could be home to one of the largest solar energy facilities on the East Coast.
Utah-based Sustainable Power Group is proposing a 3,500-acre solar farm in western Spotsylvania as similar projects take shape in the Fredericksburg region. The site near Fawn Lake includes 29 tracts of mostly timberland off West Catharpin Road.
The company has not submitted its application for a special-use permit, but recently sent letters to nearby residents announcing an informational meeting 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Craigs Baptist Church at 14123 West Catharpin Road.
The company hopes to begin construction on the 500-megawatt “solar generating facility” in August and wrap up in late 2019, Sustainable Power Group Permitting Manager Adam Furman wrote in the letter dated Dec. 29.
