Charlie Nichols, director of planning & development, Linn County, Iowa joins the show to explain the planning and process needed to turn a decommissioned nuclear plant into a solar farm.

1. Why the county was interested in solar, and how the project started.
2. The time and resources needed during the application process, and how that was accounted and paid for.
3. How to best communicate to the public and remain a-political on a controversial topic.
4. Lessons learned that other locations can benefit from on their own current or future large-scale energy projects.

Resources

ICMA's Solar@Scale Guidebook

Linn County's solar project webpage. An example on collecting and communicating all the relevant information to the public.

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