Frequently Asked Questions
a. Rosalind Solar will be located along the southern boundary of the County outside of Skippers, VA. It is west of Interstate 95, and bisected by Massie Branch Road, Moore’s Ferry Road, and Spring Church Road. Quarry Road boarders the site to the North and the Virginia-North Carolina state line borders the site to the South.
Visibility of Rosalind Solar will be extremely limited from neighboring views and passing traffic. The Project has a has been uniquely designed to minimize viewshed impacts and visibility by providing tremendous open space, setbacks, and vegetative buffers. The project will be screened from sight from natural existing and planted vegetation. At a minimum, project components will be set back 150-feet from all adjacent property lines with a vegetative buffer of at least 100-feet wide surrounding the Project site to screen it from view.
In conformance with the County Zoning Ordinance and 2040 Greensville County Comprehensive Plan, the Projects maximum height of primary structures, including solar panels and accessory buildings will be 15 feet.
Since Strata’s founding in 2008, Strata has constructed and operates hundreds of solar facilities across the United States.
Within Greensville County, Stata has successfully constructed, is constructing, and is operating utility scale solar projects. Strata has enjoyed being a community partner and looks forward to expanding its continued presence within the community.
Prior to conducting land disturbance activities, all applicable federal, state, and county permits and approvals will be procured. The project includes sufficient acreage available for natural and constructed erosion and sediment control and stormwater management measures to be implemented. Stormwater management and erosion sediment control measures will be installed to protect against stormwater runoff and soil movement resulting from land disturbing activities. Strata follows a strict quality control process utilizing regular site inspections looking for any deficiencies and vulnerabilities. This results in a site with permanent control measures in place and functioning effectively so that construction can proceed on schedule and the site will be fully stabilized with durable vegetation.
Rosalind Solar has been designed to maintain wildlife. The design includes several wildlife corridors located throughout the project. These corridors allow for wildlife movement connecting to existing streams and wetlands.
As part of our regular vegetation best practices, where land has been disturbed, new natural habitats for pollinators such as birds, bees, and butterflies will be created. This helps restore a declining bee population and ensures the continued pollination of natural vegetation.
Many changes have been made to the Rosalind Solar project. These changes have been implemented to address concerns in the community and include:
- Reduction of impacts to the class V agricultural land from 200 acres to 117 acres which is 0.39% of the total class v agricultural land located in the County
- Reduction of impacts to land designated at outstanding in the NHDE forest conservation value impact model from 8 acres to 2 acres
- Removal of six stream crossings from project design. no photovoltaic equipment will be installed within jurisdictional waters or wetlands
- Reduction in project acreage from ~2,000 acres to 992 acres
- Reduction in disturbed acres from 848 acres to 460 acres
- Removal of five project site entrances
- Removal of 45 adjoining parcels
- Reduction in total projects parcels from 34 to 15
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