AMANDA TOWNSHIP — A packed auditorium at Amanda-Clearcreek High School on Aug. 11 reflected just how divisive Geronimo Power’s proposed Carnation Solar project has become for the community.

During the Ohio Power Siting Board’s public hearing, supporters and opponents delivered passionate testimony about the plan to construct a utility-scale solar farm on 1,029 acres within a 1,650-acre project area near Cedar Hill Road, Ridge Road, Reigle Road and Amanda-Northern Road.

The proposal includes transmission lines, access roads, underground and overhead electric collection lines, inverters, transformers, a collection substation and a seven-foot perimeter fence with gated entrances.

Resident Brian Compton, a vocal opponent, said the project would be an “industrial blight” on the rural landsca

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