Why Should Delaware Care?Gov. Matt Meyer has pushed for more solar projects as an environmentally friendly way for the state to generate more energy. But some feel the projects are covering too much farmland and could harm local ecosystems.
The debate over whether solar panels are fit for farmland has reached rural New Castle County.
More than 400 people have signed petitions calling on county officials to stop a proposed 60-acre solar development on a piece of leased farmland in Port Penn, a small, unincorporated village just below the C&D canal…