News media and documents relating to solar power plants. For specific towns and solar law please click on COMMUNITY for drop down list of New York towns and villages.
“AMERICA’S SOLAR FARMS have a bird problem. Utility companies have been finding bird carcasses littering the ground at their facilities for years, a strange and unexpected consequence of the national solar boom. No one was quite sure why this was happening, but it was clearly a problem for a type of energy that was … [Read more…]
“Representatives of Eden Renewables on Tuesday updated the Common Council on plans to develop a solar farm on a portion of the former Pine Brook Golf Club on South Main Street. Developers secured Planning Board approval earlier this month to subdivide the 155-acre residential golf club property to pursue rezoning by the city of … [Read more…]
“The city Planning Board on Tuesday reviewed a visual analysis provided by Eden Renewables that found a solar farm proposed for development by Eden on the former Pine Brook Golf Club on South Main Street would be screened from the view of nearly all properties in the city by existing vegetation and topography, with … [Read more…]
“What does the ENB publish? The ENB publishes notices required by a range of environmental laws, including notices of complete applications under the Uniform Procedures Act (6 NYCRR Part 621) and several other state and regional agencies; notices required under the NYS Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQR) regulations (6 NYCRR Part 617) submitted by … [Read more…]
“In February, the Town of Glen approved our two solar developments in town, Van Epps and Mohawk View Solar. When constructed, these community solar farms will be adjacent to each other with a combined capacity of 10 MW, generating enough green electricity to power about 2,450 average homes annually. Chief Development Officer Giovanni Maruca … [Read more…]
“Facilities in this database contain DERs installed in New York, many of which received State incentives and report performance data to NYSERDA. Search for facilities using any or all of the fields below.” visit NYSERDA webpage NYSERDA webpage for DER Facilities March 30, 2020 search for Eden Renewables, Oak Hill, Elmbrook, Giovanni … [Read more…]
“Neighbors used to wave to Timothy Masters whenever he stood outside his cherry-red barn, trading hellos across his corn and soybean fields in this small town about 10 miles north of Niagara Falls. That ended about a year ago, when a field of solar panels was deposited on 18 acres of Mr. Masters’s land. … [Read more…]
“NREL’s PVWatts® Calculator Estimates the energy production and cost of energy of grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) energy systems throughout the world. It allows homeowners, small building owners, installers and manufacturers to easily develop estimates of the performance of potential PV installations.” use the PVWatts Calculator National Renewable Energy Laboratory
“Montgomery County – The Town of Glen Planning Board, as lead agency, has determined that the proposed Mohawk View Solar will not have a significant adverse environmental impact. The action involves a Special Use Permit and Site Plan Review Approval for 10.02 acres of solar panels on a 50.31 acre parcel for the construction … [Read more…]
“There’s an old saw in the trash business that says, “everybody wants their trash picked up but nobody wants it put down.” That’s not a perfect analogy for what’s happening with renewable-energy projects in New York and New England but the sentiment behind it is familiar. A recent Gallup poll found that 73 percent … [Read more…]