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Tennessee farmer leased 100 acres of century-old family land for solar instead of selling it; the 147 MW project is now powering homes and businesses

For more than a century, the land near Somerville, Tennessee, has remained in the same family. When a solar developer came knocking, farmer Chad Dacus faced a choice that many landowners across rural America are increasingly confronting: sell a piece of the family property, keep farming it or lease it for renewable energy. Dacus chose a fourth option that allowed him to do both, in a way.

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