“A large solar farm is proposed in Pine Bush habitat off Curry Road in western Colonie, near the Rotterdam border.
The sketch plans submitted by Environmental Design Partnership of Clifton Park on behalf of Eden Renewables of Troy will go before the town Planning Board on Tuesday for review.
The proposal is for technically two separate facilities on two adjacent sites totaling about 70 acres between Curry and Kings roads. About 50 acres would be enclosed within a single fence, and solar panels would cover about 40 acres within the fence.
Maximum height would be 20 feet. The driveway to the site would run off Curry Road, and the solar farm would connect to the power grid on Curry Road.
Environmental Design Partnership said a biodiversity plan will be developed to protect the Pine Bush habitat there — a portion of the site that would not be developed is known to be home to the rare Karner Blue butterfly.”
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Cropley, John. Schenectady Daily Gazette 13 February 2022.