It's interesting how in some parts of state there is a lot of large-scale industrial solar facilities being built while in other parts of state, not so many. Very few have been built in the Adirondack or Catskill Parks so far.
One of the many solar farms outside of Canastota that have been popping up lately.
Taken on Sunday November 5, 2023 at Solar.One of the new ones found on the latest round of aerial photography from NYSGIS, south of Cario and Roundtop off NY 32.
As Amherst, Mass., writes its rules for where to put solar, some local environmentalists worry about farmland and forests getting lost to solar projects. Other local environmentalists worry that overly restrictive solar rules would limit the town's ability to fight climate change.
Now, six years after Musk first touted the solar roof on a Hollywood set with great fanfare, the solar roof is barely generating a spark within the solar energy industry.
A new report from analysts at energy research firm Wood Mackenzie released Thursday estimated that Tesla has installed only about 3,000 of its solar roofs since 2016. The report is notable because it does something that Tesla has never done – quantify how many solar roofs it has installed.
While I get the importance of generating more carbon free energy, I'm not sure what my thoughts are on many of the farm fields surrounding the historic agriculture museum being taken over by hundreds of acres of solar panels and electric generating equipment.