“Critics of a proposed solar farm have been granted a two-week reprieve to study a proposed payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement to be executed with the developer. The town board voted on Thursday to postpone a vote on the deal until Jan. 9 after getting an earful from local residents contending the project will harm their property … [Read more…]
Oak Hill Solar + Storage Decommissioning Statement 2021 Annotated with questions and concerns. December 19, 2021 Project Amendment remains under review. Who wrote the Decommissioning Plan? Who reviewed the Decommissioning Plan? Where is the Surety Agreement for Emergency Decommissioning? Has the town engineer approved this plan? If so, why? https://duanesburgneighbors.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2021-11-23_REVISED-OAK-HILL-COMMUNITY-SOLAR-1-AND-2-DECOMMISSIONING-STATEMENT.pdf First … [Read more…]
“December 10, 2019 Schenectady County Legislature Privilege of the Floor. Duanesburg resident Susan Biggs speaks about Eden Renewables Oak Hill Solar 1, LLC and Oak Hill Solar 2, LLC power plants at 13590 Duanesburg Road, Delanson Schenectady County New York. She outlines the real estate developers omission of her homestead from their renderings. “ … [Read more…]
“” Read Eden Renewables application for Oak Hill Solar 1 and 2 permit from Army Corps of Engineers PDF as obtain thru freedom of information request source: Freedom of Information Request Army Corps of Engineers 6 November 2019. Environmental Design Research Wetland Study Figure 5 Eden Renewables Oak Hill Solar … [Read more…]
Oak Hill Solar 1, LLC at 13590 Duanesburg Road Delanson, NY 12053 Battery Energy Storage October 28, 2019 PDF “Your award in the amount of $2,358,000 is contingent upon the installation and grid interconnection of a 5,000 kW/11,790 kWh (useable installed energy capacity measured in AC) energy storage system at 13590 Duanesburg Rd, Delanson, … [Read more…]
“SMA and Dynapower collaborated on a 500-kW DC-DC converter for use with an SMA inverter for solar+storage projects. The system was on display at SPI 2019.” read the entire article on Dynapower blog post October 30, 2019 view video on youtube
“As the costs of solar PV modules continue to reduce, and those of batteries follow a similar downward trajectory, solar-plus-storage is in growing demand among utilities and solar developers. The US is leading the trend, where these types of clean energy power stations are starting to produce electricity competitively with gas peaking plants, especially … [Read more…]
“TOWN OF DUANESBURG PLANNING BOARD RESOLUTION APPROVING SPECIAL USE PERMIT, SUBDIVISION AND SITE PLAN FOR THE EOEN RENEWABlES OAK HILL SOLAR ENERGY PROJECTS -1206 OAK HILL ROAD Date: September 19. 2019 2019″ WHEREAS, on or about May 7.2018, Eden Renewables (“Eden Renewables” or the “Applicant”) applieat6″iK”e Duanesburg Planning Board (“Planning Board”) for a Special Use … [Read more…]
Project site is home to endangered long eared bats therefore tree clearing is allowed between October 31st thru March 31st. SEQR regulations 617.3(a) “Project sponsor may not commence any physical alteration to an action until SEQR has been complied with” There is community concern that clearing cutting occurred while SEQR was in effect. planet.com … [Read more…]
Planet.com satellite images October 5, 2019 and June 9, 2019. Provided to Duanesburg Planning Board Chair and Vice- Chair September 16, 2019. Provided to Duanesburg Planning Board September 19, 2019. image sheet PDF