“The New Scotland Zoning Board of Appeals on Tuesday set an Oct. 27 public hearing for a proposed large-scale, ground-mounted, solar array on an addressless parcel of land along Altamont Road.
The zoning board also referred the project to the Albany County Planning Board.
Borrego Solar Systems, a California-based company with a local office in Latham, is seeking to install 20 acres of solar panels — arranged in two separate arrays — on a vacant 27-acre site owned by New Scotland resident Steven Burke that is located in between 215 Altamont Road and National Grid’s high-voltage transmission lines.
Although the hearing is because Borrego is seeking an area variance so it can install its array on prime agricultural soils, the bulk of the board’s concerns focused on glare.”
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Mulkerrin, Sean. Altamont News 24 September 2020.