Duanesburg Neighbors

June 2, 2022 NYSERDA Press Release Scotch Ridge Solar: Scotch Ridge Solar LLC, a Nexamp affiliate, will build a 20-megawatt Solar facility in the town of Duanesburg, Schenectady County. ELP Rotterdam Solar: ELP Rotterdam Solar LLC, an East Light Partners affiliate, will build a 19.99-megawatt Solar facility in the town of Rotterdam, Schenectady County.   … [Read more…]

  “While Duchess Camilla’s daughter Laura Lopes, who is stepsister to Prince William and Prince Harry, isn’t royalty, she is set to inherit a royal-worthy portfolio of homes one day. Laura’s husband Harry Lopes, who is the grandson of Massey Lopes, 2nd Baron Roborough, is in line to one day inherit Gnaton Hall in Devon … [Read more…]

  “Grassland Bird Trust, a nonprofit conserving habitat land for endangered and threatened birds in Washington County, is collaborating with a renewable energy company to take care of more terrain. Eden Renewables, a Troy-based solar farm company, is set to begin leasing 44 acres of land from the trust, adding to a total of 114 … [Read more…]

  “Grassland Bird Trust, a nonprofit conserving habitat land for endangered and threatened birds in Washington County, is collaborating with a renewable energy company to take care of more terrain. Eden Renewables, a Troy-based solar farm company, is set to begin leasing 44 acres of land from the trust, adding to a total of 114 … [Read more…]

  “Grassland Bird Trust (GBT) signed an agreement in May to lease 44 acres of GBT’s land to Eden Renewables, a developer of pollinator-friendly, biodiverse community solar farms based in Troy, NY, for the next 20 years. With GBT’s help, Eden will maintain this land for the sole purpose of maximizing its value as habitat … [Read more…]

  “Page 33 of 40 Section 130-81.G. No Solar Panels or other Solar Energy Equipment used in any Solar Energy System shall utilize or contain any amount of GenX chemicals or polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).”   read the 2021 Solar Law    

  “We, the undersigned companies and organizations, state our firm opposition to the use of forced labor within the solar supply chain. We hereby commit to helping ensure that the solar supply chain is free of forced labor and raising awareness within the industry on this important issue. To assist in these efforts, we support … [Read more…]

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  “Two 5-megawatt solar arrays sited on 65 acres at the western edge of Schenectady County isn’t enough for Amp Energy. Two years after a controversial Special Use Permit approval, they want to add four 53-foot containers of lithium-ion Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) to their project. Batteries can be sited anywhere. They don’t have … [Read more…]

  “In the eight months since inauguration, the Biden administration has been hard at work frantically unraveling President Donald Trump’s “America First” policies. Amid the flurry of executive fiats and new agency rules, President Joe Biden’s ban on solar panel materials from certain Chinese companies is the first move we’ve seen that doesn’t put America … [Read more…]