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a map of the proposed 40 megawatt solar project in Mayfield

State appears ready to approve largest solar facility in the Adirondack Park

By Gwendolyn Craig

The project near Great Sacandaga lake is the first in the Adirondacks to go through new permitting process

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APA developing battery energy storage application

By Gwendolyn Craig

The APA is creating an energy storage application it hopes will address fire and safety concerns when a project falls under its jurisdiction.

Two heat pumps installed on the side of a house.

Adirondackers are electrifying, and getting tax credits, rebates

By Chloe Bennett

More to come with Inflation Reduction Act incentives 

A small a-frame sign with a shingled roof shows details of a town board meeting outside of Long Lake Town Hall.

Long Lake powers up, passing laws to oversee battery storage

By Chloe Bennett

Long Lake town board adopts laws related to installation of Raquette Lake microgrid battery storage facility 

Erin Griffin stands outside of Nori's in Saranac Lake.

Building a home for energy efficiency and renewables

By Chloe Bennett

Newly formed North Country Clean Energy Hub aims to connect homeowners, communities to energy efficiency, renewable energy programs and incentives

Jon Close, a farmer from Mayfield with a long beard and wearing a purple sweatshirt, stands outside the Mayfield Fire House.

Mayfield farmer is betting on solar

By Gwendolyn Craig

A Fulton County dairy farmer is hoping to keep his business afloat with the addition of a 40-megawatt solar array.

innu man at ancestral burial site

Quebec’s battery

By Zachary Matson

Hydro-Quebec's power generation, Indigenous culture wired into tangled past

Nine Mile Point Nuclear Facility

Climate scientist to state: Where’s the nuclear power?

By Cayte Bosler

James Hansen criticizes state climate plan, leads calls for expansion of nuclear energy generation

lake champlain

State approves multi-billion dollar deal to support Lake Champlain power line

By Zachary Matson

Transmission line project will deliver Canadian hydropower to NYC

Renewable energy

Visitor monitoring, solar projects and more on APA agenda

By Gwendolyn Craig

Sweeping issues around solar projects and visitor management are on the docket before Adirondack Park Agency board members this week.

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