TIMES
WALLKILL VALLEY
Vol. 34, No 44 3 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2016
Page 44
www.WallkillValleyTimes.net
20-acre solar farm proposed for Pine Bush
By the end of 2017, solar energy may
be available to 500 Pine Bush homes and
businesses who lack solar technology,
according to John Reagan, zoning
manager for development for Cypress
Creek Renewables, based in Santa
Monica, California. He appeared before
the Town of Crawford Planning Board
with a preliminary plan for a 20-acre two
ONE DOLLAR
Vikings
win finale
New source of energy?
By JESSICA COHEN
[email protected]
3
megawatt solar farm at 2208 State Route
52 in Pine Bush, which the company has
leased. The company aims to make use of
state incentives through NYSERDA for
such solar farms, as New York heads for
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They just LOVE Halloween!
Wonder Woman (Olivia Henry), Elena (Kaydance Sollas) and Mickey Mouse (Cole Sollas) are having a grand time on the lawn of Montgomery’s
First Presbyterian Church, while waiting for the annual Halloween Parade to begin. More photos on pages 22 and 23.
$3 million
solar farm for
Montgomery
By RACHEL COLEMAN
A renewable energy company is
looking to create a 2-megawatt solar farm
on Lake Osiris Road in Montgomery—an
approximately $3 million project.
“It’s a good proposal and we know how
to do it,” said Anne Waling of Cypress
Creek Renewables during a presentation
before the Montgomery Planning Board
on Monday.
Waling said the California-based
company has over 3 gigawatts of local
solar farms deployed or in development
(that’s enough to power approximately
750,000 homes, according to CCR).
However the company is not looking
to create a large commercial solar farm,
but what Waling called a “boutique”
farm with 9-15 acres of panels. The
driveway, fencing and other items would
be placed on the remainder of the 20
acres they are leasing, which will avoid
the wetland areas on the property.
The panels would be located in two
areas, with most of the panels placed in
the back portion of the parcel after the
currently wooded area has been cleared.
Planning Board Chairman Fred
Reichle said the extent of the clearing
(8-12 acres) will be a concern moving
forward, especially with its impact on
stormwater management.
Another concern will be the effect on
the adjacent Walden-Wallkill Rail Trail,
across which the initial proposal also
suggests an access.
“What it looks like from the Rail
Trail will be the biggest concern,” said
Reichle.
Waling said the company intends to
place an evergreen buffer screening the
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