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Solar farm project proposed for Rubicon
RESIDENTS close to the corner of Rubicon Road and Taggerty-Thornton Road in Rubicon have recently received a letter from Samsung C&T SREA regarding a proposed solar farm. SREA is a wholly owned company of Samsung C&T Corporation in Korea. According to the map, the solar farm is proposed for the area immediately to the right […]
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