Photos: Going green in Johnsonville
A ribbon cutting was held in Johnsonville, in Rennselaer County, on Wednesday March 29th for the first solar farm to deliver solar power to 26 homes.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Thirteen rows of arrays: Helderberg Community Energy helped recruit local residents for one of the first, if not the first, community shared solar farms in the region. Monolith Solar first signed up customers for a 2-megawatt solar farm that was to open in September. The current farm, on route 7 in Johnsonville, is a tenth of the size, at 200 kilowatts; the smaller farm was easier to get approved.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Melanie Pearl from Environment New York, a citizen-based advocacy organization, says, “We need to move away from dirty fuel and move to clean and reusable energy.” She spoke Wednesday at the official opening of Monolith Solar’s array, which will serve 26 families.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Making the cut: Steve Erby, president and chief operating officer of Monolith Solar, holds the shears at Wednesday’s ribbon-cutting ceremony in Johnsonville in Rensselaer County. With Erby are, from left, Bob and Linda Mossop, Barbara Bailey, and Lindsey McEntire of Monolith whose apartment complex is served by the new array. Electricity generated at the farm is sold to the local utility and solar members’ electricity bills are credited based on the farm’s production.