{"id":3708,"date":"2026-07-26T10:06:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T10:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=3708"},"modified":"2026-07-26T10:06:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T10:06:58","slug":"richland-county-solar-farm-expansion-faces-pushback-heres-what-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=3708","title":{"rendered":"Richland County solar farm expansion faces pushback. Here\u2019s what to know"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Lower Richland residents, along with the mayor of Eastover and a former county official, are urging Richland County Council to halt the spread of solar farms they say are converting rural farmland into industrial energy sites. The concerns intensified after a Texas-based company approached landowners about a potential large-scale project near Eastover.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=3706\">U.S. military bases delay cleanup of toxic \u201cforever chemicals\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p><b>FULL STORY:<\/b> <u>Richland solar farms junk up once pastoral landscapes, rural landowners say<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=3704\">French firefighters battle to keep blazes from Bordeaux<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Here are key takeaways:<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jill Carter Lewis, who runs Mr. Bunky\u2019s general store on U.S. 378, told the County Council that solar companies aren\u2019t truly \u201cgreen,\u201d citing logging, grading, herbicide spraying and fencing that blocks wildlife. Her family is circulating a petition to stop additional solar farms in Eastover.<\/li>\n<li>Solar farms could cover as many as 3,000 acres near Eastover, including one existing 740-acre project, a proposed 472-acre project and a potential 2,000-acre development by Texas-based RWE, which declined to comment.<\/li>\n<li>Eastover Mayor James Faber called it \u201cdisgusting\u201d that a corporation would pursue major development without community input, while residents said Richland County\u2019s zoning laws are too weak and don\u2019t require screening solar farms from roads or neighboring properties.<\/li>\n<li>Jeff Ruble, chief executive at the Columbia Area Development Partnership, said one Eastover solar farm is expected to generate $7.5 million in economic impact over 30 years and provides county revenue with little cost to taxpayers.<\/li>\n<li>A 2024 report by University of South Carolina economist Joseph Von Nessen projected solar energy would use about 1.4% of South Carolina\u2019s agricultural land by 2035, concluding the expansion \u201cdoes not represent a significant threat\u201d to the state\u2019s agricultural sector.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p><i>The summary points above were compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists. The full story in the link at top was reported, written and edited entirely by journalists.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=3702\">Police hunting for Berlin Pride attacker name Islamist suspect<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u2699\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><!--]--><!--]--><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eastover residents and officials urge Richland County Council to stop solar farms they say are ruining rural landscapes and farmland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3707,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Richland County solar farm expansion faces pushback. 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