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Finishline42

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2. more info on the project
Fri Jan 5, 2024, 04:10 AM
Jan 2024

From their webpage >>>

Project Benefits

$42 million in direct economic impact over first 20 years of operations

$11.4 million in new tax revenue over first 20 years of operations

200 construction and operations jobs

$800,000 in charitable giving during first 20 years of operations

228,700 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions offset per year

50,900 the equivalent number of cars removed from the road for one year


https://nationalgridrenewables.com/projects/unbridled-solar/

One aspect of a solar farm that I think isn't talked about a lot are the taxes that get paid.

On the other hand, how they figure economic impact is another story...

One economic impact is the payment to the land owners of the 1,500 acres. No idea what the other calculations are...

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