Solar developers seek way around Gloversville council rejection of zone change | The Daily Gazette
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GLOVERSVILLE – Solar developers Eden Renewables is preparing to triple the size of its proposed solar farm at the site of the former Pine Brook Golf Club in order to bypass city regulations if it can’t obtain a zoning change.
The company is in the process of appealing the Common Council’s unanimous rejection of the zoning change in December.
Eden Renewables has proposed building a $10 million, 32-acre 7.5-megawatt solar farm capable of powering about 1,225 homes, but city officials have determined solar farms are not allowed in the “R1” residential zone where the former golf course is located.
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CHAUMONT â Town residents had a lot of questions for the developers of a planned solar power facility to be built between the towns of Lyme and Brownville.
At a community engagement forum held virtually Tuesday night, 41 area residents submitted nearly 60 questions to the projectâs staff on issues ranging from where the produced power will go to what will happen when the facility is taken down at the end of its life.
National energy company AES is currently moving through a siting process to build the facility, named the Riverside Solar project, which it anticipates will be able to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by about 133,000 metric tons per year.
Earlier this week, the Office of Renewable Energy Siting finalized and enacted the new regulations required by the New York Accelerated Renewable Energy Growth and Community Benefit.
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