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January 23, 2021
The proposed Mill Point Solar Project in the town of Glen would be constructed on what are currently agricultural fields on the west side of Auriesville Road in Fultonville.
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Sunshine is on the path to becoming big business in the Mohawk Valley.
As part of his many-day 2021 State of the State presentation, Gov. Andrew Cuomo outlined the broad strokes of an ambitious green energy plan for New York that would make renewable energy “a new economic engine that is future-oriented, that is essential to our survival, and that has potential to benefit generations to come.”
Solar Project Approved in Schoharie County
The New York State Board on Electric Generation Siting and the Environment granted approval to East Point Energy Center, LLC to build and operate a 50 megawatt solar farm in the Town of Sharon in Schoharie County. According to the Times Journal the NextEra project was first proposed 3 years ago and is the first solar project approved under Article 10, which removes large-scale solar from local review and instead puts it in the hands of the state.
Panel OKs siting of 2 solar farms
Jan. 7, 2021
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A state panel on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021, approved solar farm sites in Albany and Schoharie counties. Above is a Halfmoon project that opened in December 2019, the ForeFront Power community solar farm. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times Union
ALBANY Solar farms proposed for southern Albany County and northern Schoharie County got the go-ahead from the state Board on Electric Generation Siting and the Environment Thursday.
Hecate Energy Albany 1 and Hecate Energy Albany 2 want to construct and operate a 40 megawatt facility between Route 9W and County Route 101 in Coeymans on a portion of about 436 acres of privately leased farmland, according to a statement from the siting board . It will include arrays of ground-mounted photovoltaic solar panels.
Two new solar farms approved in Coeymans, Sharon
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Solar farms for Coeymans and Sharon in Albany and Schoharie counties were approved on Thursday.Times Union file photo
COEYMANS Proposed solar farms in Coeymans, Albany County and in Sharon, Schoharie County cleared their last major regulatory hurdles on Thursday when the state’s Board on Electric Generation Siting and the Environment lent their approval after determining they would not harm the environment.
The Coeymans project is proposed by Hecate Energy, which wants to build and operate a 40-megawatt solar farm there.
The facility will be located between State Route 9W and County Route 101 on part of a 436-acre tract of privately leased farmland.