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Haley Pike Landfill Solar Photovoltaic Project

Lexington

Description

A proposed ground lease covering about 357 acres of the Haley Pike landfill for a large-scale solar project, with about 123 acres on the capped landfill. The council postponed the lease vote one week after questioning the lease rate, community benefits funding, and lease language.

Impact summary

The project would turn unusable landfill land into a clean energy site, but council members worry the city is getting far less money and community benefit than earlier studies promised.

Applicant

Name
Social Impact Solar LLC / Eddlen Renewables (platform of Edelen Strategic Ventures LLC)
Address
Haley Pike Landfill, Lexington, KY

At a glance

Hearings
1
Public comments
0
Total mentions
1

Last vote · County Council

Tabled15–0, unanimous

Last discussed Feb 10, 2026.

Meeting timeline (1)

Feb 10, 2026Tabled 15–0

Urban County Council Work Session Packet — February 10, 2026

A proposed ground lease covering about 357 acres of the Haley Pike landfill for a large-scale solar project, with about 123 acres on the capped landfill. The council postponed the lease vote one week after questioning the lease rate, community benefits funding, and lease language.

Related issues (1)

Haley Pike Landfill Solar Project labor and community benefits

The proposed solar lease on the capped Haley Pike landfill would pay the city only about $30,000 a year in rent, with a community benefits fund of roughly $8,000 a year — far below earlier estimates of $500 per acre. Council members questioned the rates, tax language, and how panels get installed on non-capped farmland, and pushed the vote back a week.

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