Sunday 8 March 2020 at 6:30 AM Explosion and Fire at 13590 Duanesburg Road, Delanson NY 12053 Per September 19, 2019 Planning Board meeting demolition of the abandoned property was a condition of Eden Renewables Oak Hill Solar 1 and Oak Hill Solar 2. First responders were at the scene until 11 AM March … [Read more…]
Angry US landowners are killing off renewable energy projects
“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…]
Oak Hill Construction and Opperation Plan
Eden Renewables to Duanesburg Planning Board 2019
Planning board resumes solar project review
“The city Planning Board on Tuesday resumed its review of a subdivision application seeking to divide the former Pine Brook Golf Club on South Main Street into four parcels. The resulting center parcel is eyed for the development of a solar farm, requiring additional board consideration as developers plan to subsequently request that the … [Read more…]
Guilderland looks set to keep ‘important views’ in its proposed solar law and to consider a solar overlay district
“Massive public protest over a proposed solar farm that could mar the view of the Helderberg escarpment — 1,300 people signed a petition — led the town to draft new solar legislation, which the petitioners feared might be undermined by recommendations from the planning board or town planner. Tuesday night, Guilderland Supervisor Peter Barber … [Read more…]
New state solar regs aim to speed up approval process; local municipalities solar laws on the ball — for the most part
“With the passage of the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act in July 2019, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law the most ambitious climate plan in the country, requiring that, by 2030, seventy percent of New York’s electricity to come from renewable energy sources, and, by 2040, the state’s electricity sector is to be … [Read more…]
Power line upgrade will address Capital Region “bottleneck”
“DUANESBURG — A $750 million power line upgrade being reviewed by the state Public Service Commission will address a known “bottleneck” that is limiting the electric power supply coming into the Capital Region, a project representative said Thursday. The proposed 93-mile Marcy-to-New Scotland line upgrade would replace aging 230-kilovolt transmission lines with new 345-kv … [Read more…]
Ncondezi Energy: Supplying affordable energy to southern Africa
“Ncondezi Energy is seeking to supply much needed power to southern Africa through the development of a 300MW thermal coal power plant and mine project located in the Tete Province, Northern Mozambique. Not only that but Ncondezi last year moved into the battery storage space via a Joint Venture with GridX Africa Power Development. … [Read more…]
In renewable energy we can see the future. Let’s make sure we can still see the Helderbergs.
“Any rational human being can see now is the time to move to renewable energy before it is too late, before climate change destroys life on the Earth as we know it. We’ve advocated for decades on this page for the need to move away from fossil fuels and toward wind and solar energy. … [Read more…]
Hearings scheduled on power line replacement
“DUANESBURG – Several public hearings on plans to replace or modernize the high-voltage power lines through the Mohawk Valley between Marcy and New Scotland will be held next week, the state Public Service Commission announced. Applicants LS Power Grid New York LLC and the New York Power Authority have applied to construct new 345-kilovolt … [Read more…]