Rush Township local official have approved permits for Black Moshannon Solar, a 265 MW solar project proposed for eastern Pennsylvania.
The project is planned for an otherwise unusable land site, located on roughly 2,000 acres of toxic coal mine lands. The project, developed by Ampliform, is expected to generate enough electricity to meet the equivalent demand of 200,000 Pennsylvania homes.
Black Moshannon Solar is expected to generate more than $5 million in tax revenues for the Phillipsburg-Osceola Area School District and over $700,000 in direct tax payments to Centre County, PA.
“The Rush Township Supervisors are establishing productive farmland and sustainable energy infrastructure for future generations,” said Jim Gregory, executive director, Conservative Energy Network-Pennsylvania. “In forty years, their forward-thinking decisions will be recognized as catalysts for environmental protection, public health improvements, and economic prosperity.”
Construction of the project is expected to create hundreds of temporary local construction jobs.
Ampliform said it is collaborating with local partners to help improve water quality in Moshannon Creek and nearby tributaries, which were polluted by the previous land use of coal mining.
The company said it is placing an emphasis on designing the project with natural buffers and working with the existing topography will help preserve views of the lush landscapes of Rush Township.
“The Black Moshannon Solar project is a perfect example of how renewable energy, natural resource conservation, and community benefits can align. This truly is a win-win-win for the community,” said Nate Reagle, program advocate, Sierra Club Pennsylvania.
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Does this include Land along Route 504 as proposed previously ?
Because covering up is always easier than cleaning up.
If you have read anything about this project you would know the local jobs might be a few for security with the other jobs going to the usual companies that build these solar farms. The 200,000 Pennsylvania homes that MAY receive power from this project are not local. And if you have read about other solar projects the don’t pay taxes or fail to pay their tax bill if they have one. Do you remember the tax deal for GEO? More of the same BS. Local benefit zero, local risk of contamination 100% real.
From The Hill
Many companies that are now forced to pay the book minimum tax have good reasons for having apparently low tax liability in any particular year. For example, financial statements don’t carry losses forward into future years, so the book minimum tax overtaxes companies that have cyclical profits — those making profits some years and losses in others. Other accounting differences between federal income taxes and financial statements, regarding the timing of when income or costs are recognized, can also drive financial statement profits to appear higher or lower than taxable profits in any given year.
In short, in 2022, Congress and the White House used the book minimum tax to scapegoat and punish companies that were paying their taxes and doing everything right, then turned around and funded a massive handout to America’s biggest corporate welfare beneficiaries — politically favored wind and solar companies.