South Carolina county lifts moratorium for 1,500-acre solar farm as divided residents largely boo vote

South Carolina county lifts moratorium for 1,500-acre solar farm as divided residents largely boo vote

A narrow county council vote led to shouts and boos from the crowd and a massive solar project moving one step closer to reality in rural South Carolina, as ABC News 4 reported. That full scene unfolded in Berkeley County, where officials voted to lift a development moratorium that had been holding up RWE's proposed Sandy Run Solar project in the Cross community. What happened? At a tense Berkeley County Council meeting, members voted 3-2 to lif…