Federal and local elected officials are concerned about Illinois’ farmland being bought up by foreign nations.
A 3,600-acre solar plant is expected to arrive in Custer Park, Illinois. The largest solar plant in Illinois is 4,100 acres. Some Illinois landowners offered to lease their land to ACCIONA, a Spanish multinational renewable energy conglomerate, to develop the solar energy plant.
Will County Board member Katie Deane Schlotteman has voted to table the project.
“This [project] they chose to hold off for a few months and to be taken off the agenda until possibly November. They [ACCIONA] may come back later, after the election,” said Schlotteman. “Unfortunately the Will County Board, there’s an 11-11 split and our county executive breaks our tie and she’s typically going to side with the [proponents].” […]
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