At times, noise from construction on the project is so loud and constant Whitt and her husband escape by hopping into their car and leaving their home.
“Six or seven days a week, it’s ‘beep beep beep’ and ‘bam bam bam,’” she said. “When they put those poles in, it about sent me over the edge.”
Technology giant Amazon has announced it is partnering with Arlington County to purchase the energy from the Pittsylvania County solar project, which is being named Amazon Arlington Solar Farm Virginia. The project is 7 miles northwest of Chatham.
Formerly called the Maplewood Solar Project, the solar farm is being developed by Dominion Energy. Construction began last year, and the project has an expected completion date in 2022.
Whitt was told by a representative in the summer of 2020 that there would be no noise. “It was going to be peaches and cream,” she said.
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