Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Hoosick Falls solar garden now open
Hoosick Falls >> A partnership between the Village of Hoosick Falls and a solar company will bring clean energy to the Rensselaer County village.
The village announced a partnership with Monolith Solar to create a solar garden in an old landfill on Walnut Street. The new solar garden is comprised of ground-mounted solar panels on village-owned land at the closed landfill.
Completion of this project was years in the making. After three years of set up, various state and local officials, along with company representatives opened the facility Monday.
The new solar garden is a 592.92 kilowatt system and it will save the village over $40,000 during its first year. The solar garden has a total of 1,944 solar panels, which will provide up to 60 percent of the municipal electricity to the village. The village and Monolith Solar have entered a 20-year agreement.
Tim Carr of Monolith Solar said, “over this new 20- year plan at this location, the village of Hoosick Falls will save over $1.3 million with no cost to the village.”
Village mayor David Borge was on hand during the ribbon cutting ceremony Monday.
“This is land that couldn’t be used for anything but for the transfer station which is very attractive but now we have this land being put to its most productive use,” he said.
Rensselaer County Executive Kathy Jimino helped to play a part during the process of getting this solar garden set up, officials said.
Jimino said she is proud of this project and she said, that she wanted to congratulate Mayor Borge and his board for this innovative reuse of this land and that it is a great spot to think to use an old landfill for this important new solar garden.
Jeff Cleary,a representative from Senator Kathleen Marchione’s office said, “Mayor David Borge is always working hard to find interesting ways to help out his village and that this is just tremendous use of land.”
Borge is currently in talks with the county to be able to more solar panels around Hoosick Falls over the next few years so that the village can one day run completely off completely solar energy. Borge said he looks forward to Hoosick Falls developing a reputation for being a green community.
Nicholas Buonanno can be reached at 518-290-8362.
Tuesday, November 3, 2015
Very Excited to Announce our Newest Project in Buffalo!
Solar garden to be installed in Newfane
Town officials announced at a ground breaking ceremony on Monday that a solar garden will be installed at the Newfane Old Apple Orchard location.
Check out this story on WGRZ.com: http://on.wgrz.com/1MtUlqM
Town officials announced at a ground breaking ceremony on Monday that a solar garden will be installed at the Newfane Old Apple Orchard location.
Check out this story on WGRZ.com: http://on.wgrz.com/1MtUlqM
Friday, October 16, 2015
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Friday, August 28, 2015
Customer Review
"To Whom it May Concern:
Take care.
Jason Serra
I would just like to share my gratitude regarding the installation of my solar array last Thursday and Friday. Kevin was the Foreman, and I can say that he and his crew were a true class act. Everyone involved worked hard, and they were all a pleasure to be around and deal with. I took the day off of work to ensure that nothing would go wrong, but it was very clear to me that I did not need to be there. Any issue that they ran into, they were able to solve. They didn't take any shortcuts, and they took pride in their craftsmanship.
My array was up and producing around noon on Friday, and it seems to be working great. I will be recommending Monolith to anyone that is thinking of going solar, and I will specifically recommend the crew you sent my way to be made part of their deal.
If you have any questions regarding what I have stated above, please do not hesitate to contact me."
Take care.
Jason Serra
518-265-9253
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Why the Solar Industry Needs More Women
Today, women make up 51% of
professional workers in the United States. This is a major achievement from 1972, when women
represented just 38 percent of the workforce.1 Since then, many
opportunities have opened for women in technical fields such as science, math
and engineering. According to the
Solar Foundation’s National Solar Jobs Census, nineteen percent of all solar
workers were women in 2013, representing 26,738 solar workers2. The
women at Monolith Solar Associates are proud to assist this upward trend of
female workers in a male dominated industry. With the solar industry at the brink of a major expansion in
the United States, there are endless opportunities for women to thrive in this
business. In the last decade, the
solar industry created 100,000 new jobs3. The
renewable energy industry in general is a great opportunity for women all
around the world.
1 "Women in the Professional Workforce." DPEAFLCIO.
Department for Professional Employees,
Feb. 2015. Web. 17 Aug. 2015.
2 "National Solar Jobs Census 2013, The Solar Foundation." The Annual Review of the U.S. Solar
Workforce. Jan. 2014. Web. 17 Aug. 2015.
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