“I’m really pleased to see that there’s some retention of agriculture use here,” said Jerry Delaney, executive director of the Adirondack Park Local Government Review Board.Ĭhairman John Ernst agreed. The state Department of Environmental Conservation will also permit the project for stormwater prevention plans. Korn said the town was waiting on the APA’s approval first.
The town of Ticonderoga has yet to issue its own site plan review and special use building permit. The APA did not receive any public comments on the proposal. There will be about three-to-four sheep per acre grazing for several days about twice a summer. The developer is Pivot Energy, a national company focused on utility and community solar projects.ĭevan Korn, an environmental program specialist with the APA, said the installation will include native plantings to attract pollinators and a flock of sheep to mow the area. The fenced site of the 6,500 panels will be on about 12 acres. On Thursday, board members unanimously approved a 2.5-megawatt installation in the area of Shore Airport and Delano roads on 35 acres of fields with several scattered apple trees. In the fall of 2021, the agency approved its largest project to date- 20 megawatts, including a build-out of utility infrastructure. In the spring of 2021, it approved another 5 megawatts. In 2020, the APA approved a 5-megawatt solar project in the town.
Experts estimate 1 megawatt of solar power generates enough electricity to run about 164 United States homes therefore Ticonderoga will generate enough power for 5,330 homes. Should all projects come to fruition, Ticonderoga will have installations generating a grand total of 32.5-megawatts of solar power. The Adirondack Park Agency approved on Thursday a large-scale solar project in the town of Ticonderoga, the fourth commercial solar permit the APA has issued in that town since the fall of 2020.
Since fall of 2020, the agency has given the green light to four solar projects in the community. Site of a future solar installation on Veterans Road in Ticonderoga, which was approved by the Adirondack Park Agency in October 2021.
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