Solar farms keep coming to southwest Polk County.
The Polk County Planning Commission voted unanimously this week to approve a solar farm in Chicora, The Ledger reports.
Meanwhile, an additional solar farm has been proposed for a 358-acre site owned by KMT Farm and Timber Company between U.S. 98 and
E.F. Griffin Road. It is scheduled to come to the Bartow Planning and Zoning Commission May 14. If city officials approve the project, it will be operated by Tampa Electric.
This is the latest addition of solar power to Bartow.
In March city officials announced an agreement with NovaSol Energy for the addition of solar power to the city’s power grid.
Also in March, city officials approved a TECO solar farm near the Peace Creek north of State Road 60.