Name
Field of Dreams - Overcoming Development Challenges in the Midwest
Date & Time
Wednesday, May 3, 2023, 2:15 PM - 3:00 PM
Kimberlee Centera Eric Peterman Jonathan Roberts Colleen Smith
Description

Development is challenging regardless of location. But communities faced with choosing between farmland and solar projects need extra support to make projects a reality. We'll discuss the approach to working with the opposition, messaging landowners & stakeholders, and managing the design and engineering on flood-prone land.

  • What does it mean to a community to have a solar project on prime farmland and how can we communicate the benefits?
  • How to engineer and design a project on land with drain tile?
  • Local opposition and the keys to building community support
  • Land and Liberty - constituent relations - Land use and end-of-life decommissioning
  • How can the solar industry develop transparent guidelines to create consistent decommissioning as projects reach the end of their life?
Location Name
Grand Ballroom - Main Stage
Full Address
Westin Chicago Lombard
70 Yorktown Shopping Center, Lombard, IL 60148
Lombard, IL 60148
United States
Session Type
Panel