Solar permitting — Greenwood County, South Carolina
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⛔ ACTIVE MORATORIUM — Active Moratorium; moratorium expires —confirm expiration with county planning. Permitting: CUP via Greenwood County Planning Commission; 150-ft max / 50-ft min setbacks. Track record: Greenwood Solar Farm (~30 MW, 2021, Duke Energy Carolinas PPA); Ninety Six Solar (~22 MW, 202
Key driver: Greenwood earns upper-B grade reflecting moderate compliance (CUP required but straightforward), low-moderate saturation, and stable political trajectory; former textile economy creates pro-development culture receptive to solar land leases; two approved projects demonstrate viable pathway without friction
Permitting process
Local permitting pathway
CUP via Greenwood County Planning Commission; County Council final approval for >10 MW
Setbacks & buffers
150 ft from residential structures; 75 ft from road ROW; 50 ft from property lines
Spacing requirements
Not specified
Size restrictions
None codified; managed via CUP/SUP conditions
Penalties & bonding
Total penalty: +28 | Active moratorium: +28
State-level permits & approvals
County zoning authority; no state solar preemption; special exception or conditional use permit typically required for utility-scale (>1 MW); decommissioning bond increasingly required
State policy & grid context
State RPS & clean energy policy
No binding RPS | None | Energy Freedom Act (2019) addresses solar but no state RPS
State incentive programs
Federal ITC eligible; SC state income tax credit for solar (25% up to $35,000 for commercial); SC Energy Freedom Act net metering provisions
Grid & interconnection
SERC-SE; Duke Energy Carolinas
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