Don't Be Fooled Lima

12/15/2020

Lightsource BP is a 50:50 joint venture with BP. BP was a controversial employer in Lima. BP left Lima in 1998. The Nation article, "A Town Betrayed," stated "The rub is that B.P. has determined that the rate of financial return at Lima is not high enough--that the investment it makes in Lima could produce even more if used differently.

As engineering advances make solar conversion technologies more efficient, Birch will become financially unsustainable leading Lightsource BP to conclude that “the rate of financial return” is insufficient necessitating that Birch needs closed thus reneging on the commitments to taxpayers and landowners.

LIMA, OHIO Nowadays when Mayor David Berger looks at the official flag of this town of...

12/15/2020

Top Lies by Kevin Smith

1. Birch Solar, LLC promises landowners a 30-year commitment and $81 million in paid taxes.
2. The Birch Solar Farm will have no impact on local property values
3. Crescent Dunes will generate 4,600 jobs, pay 40 million in taxes, and a 25-year commitment. Watch: https://youtu.be/SaqrixjZbwY Never fulfilled. (This example offers a preview of what to expect for the proposed Birch Solar project).

12/15/2020

Lightsource BP is even considered unethical by their own employees.

12/15/2020

The man behind the Crescent Dunes "green boondoggle," that cost the taxpayers more than $234 million is now asking for the property tax liabilities on the proposed Birch Solar Farm in Lima to be reduced. After the project is complete it will employee 3-5 people.

http://www.basinandrangewatch.org/Sandstone-Solar.html

https://gvwire.com/2020/12/14/opinion-another-green-subsidy-bust/

March 4, 2019 - Tonopah NV - We suspected something was up when Kevin Smith, CEO of SolarReserve resigned from the company he founded.