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.
“NextEra Energy Resources has proposed a 90-megawatt solar energy project at a price exceeding $100 million using the state’s power plant siting law — Article 10 — and there’s little the town of Florida or its residents can do about it. Article 10, was passed in 2011, allows for the siting of electricity generating … [Read more…]
Planning Board Minutes September 20, 2019. “OTHER: Comprehensive Review- No review this month GE County Solar Project Review: 1. SBL# 55.00-4-9 384 Park Rd (Closed Landfill) 2. SBL# 66.00-2-26.2 1378 Cole Rd (Water Treatment Plant) 3. SBL# 66.00-2-1 7745 Western Tpke (Village property) 4. SBL# 43.00-2-13 N. Knight Rd (Village Property) 5. SBL# 66.53-1-2 … [Read more…]
“Members of the Schenectady County Legislature joined today with local municipal leaders and GE to announce the largest and most ambitious municipal solar project in New York State. “Today, I am extremely proud to announce that Schenectady County and the Schenectady County Solar Energy Consortium will be partnering with GE to develop and build … [Read more…]
““Thus the general substantive policy of the act is a flexible one. It leaves room for a responsible exercise of discretion and does not require particular substantive results in particular problematic instances.”- Town of Henrietta (1979) But, Courts have repeatedly held that the SEQRA Lead Agency should not defer analysis of project impacts to planning … [Read more…]
“A massive Utah solar fraud case in federal court took a sudden twist Monday when two companies central in the case filed for bankruptcy or announced their intent to file. The bankruptcy claim by RaPower3 is meant to delay, or even possibly derail, the U.S. Department of Justice’s motion to appoint a receiver in … [Read more…]
“The Department is seeing an increase in the number of solar panel construction projects across New York State. This has resulted in an increase in the number of questions on Construction General Permit (CGP) and Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) requirements from design professionals because the current CGP (GP- 0-15-002) does not include a … [Read more…]
“John Doerr was crying. The billionaire venture capitalist had come to the end of his now-famous March 8, 2007, TED talk on climate change and renewable energy, and his emotions were getting the better of him. Doerr had begun by describing how his teenage daughter told him that it was up to his generation … [Read more…]
“The sun is now producing about half the electricity used by the Schenectady County government each year, following the dedication Thursday of a third large solar array. The latest 792,000-kilowatt solar farm is on Burdeck Street, on county-owned land that was once home to the Schenectady Homing Pigeon Club, adjacent to the Rotterdam Fire … [Read more…]
“A Pennsylvania-based renewable energy company is planning a 2.5-megawatt solar array on vacant farmland that could produce enough electricity for about 1,500 customers. RER Energy Group, of Reading, wants to construct the 15-acre facility on about 81 acres on Duanesburg Road, near Youngs and Gage roads. It would employ more than 8,200 southerly-facing solar … [Read more…]
“4.) Unfinished Business Upon recommendation of the Superintendent, a motion to pass the following Resolution PILOT Agreement with Birdseye Solar, LLC , made by Laura Jackson and seconded by Renee Bade, was carried unanimously 4:0: RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A PAYMENT-IN-LIEU-OF-TAXES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE SHARON SPRINGS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, SCHOHARIE COUNTY,THE TOWN OF SHARON, AND BIRDSEYE … [Read more…]