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State's largest solar farm in Social Circle
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Georgia’s largest solar farm can sneak up on even a suspecting first-time passerby, as long country roads lined with rural homes and large pastures suddenly give way to a raised field full of row after row of gleaming (on a sunny day, of course) solar panels. Simon Solar Farm began producing electricity and selling it to Georgia Power around mid-December, ahead of the original schedule for an $85 million project that built more than 100,000 solar panels on 125 acres of what used to be the family farm of Simon Solar owner Steve Ivey. Located on land at the intersection of Hawkins Academy and