Concerns over Solar Energy projects: Kirkland | Local

Atlas Renewables is looking to construct a solar farm in the Town of Kirkland, not far from the Sherill Brook Park in New Hartford. Their mission is to build a relatively small solar farm with the project consisting of Kirkland 1 a 5 megawatt power plant and Kirkland 2 a 4.6 megawatt plant. The project is getting opposition from several small organizations including Kirkland Trails. A not-for-profit organization with the goal of developing recreational trails. Dr. James Bramley is the President of Kirkland Trails.”I’m a firm believer in renewable energy. I’m an environmentalist, and I think that that’s the future, but it needs to be used responsibly, they need to be placed in the right places, and I think those places exist even within Oneida…

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