Planned solar energy project gets praise, questions, some critics

By: Dave Thompson|July 26, 2024

|6 min read

Larry Pendleton, at right, talks with a NextEra Energy official on Thursday, July 25, at the Camanche (Iowa) Community Center after a public meeting on the proposed Rock Creek Solar Project. The project will be built on about 1,000 acres in rural Clinton County. CREDIT DAVE THOMPSON

CAMANCHE, Iowa – A massive $216 million solar energy project will create hundreds of construction jobs, bring in millions of dollars in local tax money, and produce lots of clean energy.

Those are the hopes and goals of the energy company putting together the proposed Rock Creek Solar Project, which could begin construction next year and be operational in…

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Planned solar energy project gets praise, questions, some critics

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