Soapstone is a proposed renewable energy-agriculture alliance preserving farming and energy independence in Clarke County, Virginia.
The project is situated on Audley Farm, a strong community partner that is striving to become a financially sustainable operation while remaining part of the region’s bucolic landscape.
What does this project mean for you and your community?
Over its lifetime, Soapstone will contribute more than $15,000,000 in revenue to Clarke County. That’s 25 – 35 years of guaranteed revenue from a project that does not require costly infrastructure or public services, increase traffic or take away prime farmland.
Home-grown solar is vital to bolstering Clarke County's grid resilience and enables Virginia to meet its goal to produce its electricity from 100 percent renewable sources by 2050. The transition to clean energy is powered by strong communities whose landowners, local businesses, and citizens recognize their critical role in making it happen.
Soapstone provides an opportunity to sustain treasured farmland in Clarke County while bringing to life a new approach to renewable energy generation. During the life of Soapstone, sheep grazing and beekeeping will combine with pollinators, wildlife corridors and other habitat-nurturing features that will enable nature to continue to thrive, optimizing our mission as stewards of the land.
Soapstone resides in Northern Virginia, situated north of Route 7 and southeast of Route 340 in Clarke County. The remote nature of the location provides low to no visibility from Routes 7, 240, 608 and 612. We are working with a few adjacent landowners where there is some anticipated visibility of the project from their property, to add additional vegetative screening.
The facility will interconnect to the power grid on an existing 138kV FirstEnergy transmission line located 0.74 miles west of the solar array.
Located north of Route 7 and southeast of Route 340.
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