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Solar opponent lauds Brown County Commission vote against 'an agenda-driven process' to build wind farm near Brookesmith

By Karen Kidd | Jun 4, 2021

Brown County Commissioners' narrow vote earlier this month against a tax abatement for a proposed solar farm near Brookesmith - a project that may not be dead yet - was the right thing to do, a solar opponent recently said.

Solar, wind facilities not always creating the jobs required by Texas code

By Karen Kidd | Feb 4, 2021

A large solar power facility proposed in southwestern Brown County, near Brookesmith, to be built by San Francisco-based Intersect Power may not create very many - if any - jobs, despite job creation requirements under Texas law.