New York State solar farm corruption
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I'm not sure an antireflection coating would work to solve the problem.
Going from 4% of sunlight reflected (glass) to 1% of sunlight (typically antireflection coatings cut reflections to 1/4) reflected and hitting one's eyes is still problematic.
Going from 4% of sunlight reflected (glass) to 1% of sunlight (typically antireflection coatings cut reflections to 1/4) reflected and hitting one's eyes is still problematic.
There's so much space that would be good for solar panels, seems to me just not putting them too close to airports is the easiest solution.
I found this:
4. Special Environments (Aviation & Transit)
Because of the elevation and proximity concerns, major glare issues are heavily scrutinized by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) near airports. Solar developers are required to use specific modeling software like ForgeSolar to calculate exact reflection zones and ensure that panels do not blind pilots or air traffic controllers. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
If you are dealing with a specific glare issue in your area, or want to know the exact reflection path for a nearby installation:
4. Special Environments (Aviation & Transit)
Because of the elevation and proximity concerns, major glare issues are heavily scrutinized by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) near airports. Solar developers are required to use specific modeling software like ForgeSolar to calculate exact reflection zones and ensure that panels do not blind pilots or air traffic controllers. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
If you are dealing with a specific glare issue in your area, or want to know the exact reflection path for a nearby installation:
- Penn State Extension offers a comprehensive breakdown of how solar glare is calculated and regulated.
- For more technical details, review the American Solar Energy Society guide on relieving glaring problems and mitigating visual impacts.
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Agreed but that takes coordination. They allowed new cell towers that interfered with instrumental approaches.
Another solar farm success story where sheep, special pigs, chickens, and bees co-inhabit with mutual benefits.
www.autonocion.com
Canada just turned a herd of pigs loose between the rows of a solar farm, a breed picked because it grazes weeds along the surface instead of digging up the wiring, cleaning up what the sheep skip under 109,000 panels outside Calgary
Solar grazing is common enough now that the world's largest solar farm grew so much grass on a Tibetan plateau that its operator had to bring in 20,000 sheep
www.autonocion.com
Also this
www.ecoportal.net
I'm not sure (and question...) why the decision was made to put it there (because who knew it'd work out well), and the website is of course one with an agenda, but I've seen it reported elsewhere too.
A solar plant was built near a hare habitat, but the animals liked it so much that more now live inside than outside
A solar plant was built near a hare habitat, but the animals liked it so much that more now live inside than outside. Researchers figured out why.
www.ecoportal.net
I'm not sure (and question...) why the decision was made to put it there (because who knew it'd work out well), and the website is of course one with an agenda, but I've seen it reported elsewhere too.
Wetlands violation in Moriah triggers $25K fine for solar company
The Adirondack Park Agency had 19 enforcement settlements in 2025, including one that resulted in a $25,000 fine to a solar company.
www.adirondackexplorer.org
That's bad indeed. Apparently farmers are not the only ones violating run-off control rules. Good that they got a fine.
Things are about to get very interesting in NY! Brooke Rollins, Lee Zeldin, John RIch are all involved now. Queen Hochul has some questions they want answered
I dont understand how the governor could be expected to monitor compliance of every project
I fixed it for you.
Because Canada may like the growth regions moving up North ... (if they can keep the fires down...)
The cries of farmland loss are greatly exaggerated. A smart farmer can double his or her income. It doesn't have to be an either or situation. Just elevate the panels. Solar is cow approved.
groundworkcenter.org
Cattle-voltaics: Farmers make more money. Cows make more milk and calves. - Groundwork Center
As Groundwork continues to advocate for agrivoltaics—the concurrent use of land for farming and solar energy production—we are remaining current on the latest trends. Here, we take a look at the emerging practice of grazing cattle among solar panels—what’s being called “cattle-voltaics.” Solar...
groundworkcenter.org
This is just the beginning. When does it end? Will you ever say, down the road, that it is no longer exaggerated?The cries of farmland loss are greatly exaggerated. A smart farmer can double his or her income. It doesn't have to be an either or situation. Just elevate the panels. Solar is cow approved.
Cattle-voltaics: Farmers make more money. Cows make more milk and calves. - Groundwork Center
As Groundwork continues to advocate for agrivoltaics—the concurrent use of land for farming and solar energy production—we are remaining current on the latest trends. Here, we take a look at the emerging practice of grazing cattle among solar panels—what’s being called “cattle-voltaics.” Solar...
Economics will provide a clear endpoint: once enough power is made without spewing crap in the air that you don't want in your lungs, and without adding to gases that warm and destabilize our shared atmosphere, new solar farms are not viable any longer. Or (unrealistic fatalistic view) once so much farm land has been converted into solar farms that food prices will rise (never, ever going to reach that point), economics won't support more solar farms (even with subsidies, if any).
Note that that amount of solar farms needed to replace all fossil power plants would equal one half of one percent of the total area of the continental US. So not consequential in the big picture. (Adding wind, adding rooftop, possibly wave based, it'll even be less than 0.5% - of course grid scale storage would need space too, but that's far, far less.)
Note that that amount of solar farms needed to replace all fossil power plants would equal one half of one percent of the total area of the continental US. So not consequential in the big picture. (Adding wind, adding rooftop, possibly wave based, it'll even be less than 0.5% - of course grid scale storage would need space too, but that's far, far less.)
Duds, how do you feel about growing corn for ethanol to put in engines?
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One acre of solar panels in a year will propel EVs for 830,000 miles.
One acre of corn in a year will make enough ethanol to propel a car 11,200 miles.
We currently grow corn on 30 million acres of land, solely to produce ethanol for this purpose. And studies show that the fossil fuels required to produce the corn are nearly equal to the amount of gasoline displaced.
In the US, 30 million acres are being intensively used (and gradually depleted and eroded) for this nonsensical purpose.
We could take half a million of those acres, put them under PV (no depletion or erosion of the land underneath), get the same miles of propulsion we currently get (ignoring fossil inputs to the ethanol), and voila... 29.5 millions acres of NEW cropland are available!
Its this huge difference in the value of the crop ( $$ electricity > $$ food calories) that allows farmers to put a small area under panels and increase their income significantly.
One acre of solar panels in a year will propel EVs for 830,000 miles.
One acre of corn in a year will make enough ethanol to propel a car 11,200 miles.
We currently grow corn on 30 million acres of land, solely to produce ethanol for this purpose. And studies show that the fossil fuels required to produce the corn are nearly equal to the amount of gasoline displaced.
In the US, 30 million acres are being intensively used (and gradually depleted and eroded) for this nonsensical purpose.
We could take half a million of those acres, put them under PV (no depletion or erosion of the land underneath), get the same miles of propulsion we currently get (ignoring fossil inputs to the ethanol), and voila... 29.5 millions acres of NEW cropland are available!
Its this huge difference in the value of the crop ( $$ electricity > $$ food calories) that allows farmers to put a small area under panels and increase their income significantly.
"Facts" provided by solar companies, got it!You don't have to, as I'm not charging money for freely available facts.
Seems like there is a preference for disinformation provided by the fossil fuel industry instead, got it. Closing thread, it's going nowhere.
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