‘Inundated’ by 1,200% jump in solar projects, state agency outlines new process

A 1,200% increase in solar project proposals over the past three years has left the Maryland Power Plant Research Program “inundated,” the program said in a memo sent recently to the Maryland Public ...
Daily Hampshire Gazette

Hadley Select Board to review solar landfill proposal

HADLEY — A steering committee examining options for putting photovoltaics on the town’s capped landfill is recommending to the Select Board a proposal that could provide the town $4.1 million in ...
Lexington Herald Leader

New farmland solar proposals exclude agricultural stakeholders from discussion | Opinion

Proposals to put industrial solar projects in Fayette County farmland have drawn opposition. Ryan C. Hermens rhermens@herald-leader.com Sound public policy depends on transparency, open dialogue, and ...
Colorado Public Radio

Colorado Springs City Council kills proposal to charge solar customers more for peak hour usage

Hundreds of Colorado Springs residents packed into city hall Tuesday for a hearing on a proposal to increase solar customers' monthly bills. After nine hours of testimony from Colorado Springs ...
The Boston Globe

In Western Mass., environmentalists fear that solar farms are fire hazards

WORTHINGTON — Helen Sharron Pollard and the couple down the road, Timothy Sena and Catherine Rude-Sena, had been neighborly for decades, stretching back to when Pollard picked potatoes on the Senas’ ...
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Rural Michigan township rejects DTE solar energy proposal for 3 square miles

This story has been updated with additional comments from DTE. IOSCO TWP., MI — A large crowd of residents opposed to DTE Energy’s proposed solar energy project on more than 1,800 acres — that’s ...