“In my youth, I strapped on my backpack and took a literary journey. I traveled to the western islands of Scotland, to retrace the 18th-Century footsteps of Samuel Johnson and his biographer, and friend, James Boswell. I felt prepared with my pen and blank book, my sleeping bag and tube tent, to lay my … [Read more…]
“The New Scotland Zoning Board of Appeals on Tuesday set an Oct. 27 public hearing for a proposed large-scale, ground-mounted, solar array on an addressless parcel of land along Altamont Road. The zoning board also referred the project to the Albany County Planning Board. Borrego Solar Systems, a California-based company with a local office … [Read more…]
“The New Scotland zoning board of Appeals on Tuesday set an October 27 public hearing for a proposed large-scale ground mounted, solar array on an addressless parcel of land along Altamont Road.” read the entire article Mulkerrin, Sean. Altamont Enterprise 24 September 2020.
“To the Editor: I am writing to the Altamont and Guilderland community. It has been a while since I last updated everyone on the community effort to re-site the planned solar array on Dunnsville Road, so I wanted to take some time this afternoon to bring everyone up to speed on our efforts. With … [Read more…]
“The town last week amended its solar law to include assessment of “visual impacts” while the project that helped to spur the change has been moved to preserve the view of the Helderbergs for which citizens had advocated. Joseph Muia had planned to have a five-megawatt solar array featuring more than 10,000 solar panels … [Read more…]
“On Thursday night, the Duanesburg Town Board enacted a moratorium on major solar installations, excluding recently approved projects, while some residents complained they had requested a moratorium before large arrays were okayed. Lynne Bruning and her mother, Susan Biggs, have brought an Article 78 proceeding, seeking to annul the Duanesburg Planning Board’s September site-plan … [Read more…]
“New York State has put into place tax exemptions to encourage development of renewable energy, which played out last week in Duanesburg, a rural Schenectady County town, that granted payments in lieu of taxes, or PILOTs, for two solar farms. New York’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act requires 100 percent carbon-free electricity by … [Read more…]
“Oak Hill Solar 1 and 2 in jeopardy: The Duanesburg Town Board in New York has enacted a moratorium on major solar installations, following complaints from town residents over the burden of having to look at the planned Oak Hill Solar 1 and Oak Hill Solar 2 projects. If the projects are denied, this … [Read more…]
“TJA Clean Energy, the company that submitted a letter of intent to the town of Berne shortly before the town council adopted industrial-scale solar facility regulations on Dec. 17, told The Enterprise this week that their hopes of proposing a solar farm spanning up to 25 acres are complicated by the new law. The … [Read more…]