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Greenfield Township Intends to Adopt Solar Zoning Amendment

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Notice is hereby given that Greenfield Township, Erie County, PA intends to adopt Greenfield Township Ordinance No. 2025-4, which is an amendment to the Greenfield Township Zoning Ordinance, at a regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors to be held on October 13, 2025 at 6:00 P.M. at the Greenfield Township Municipal Building, 11184 Rich […]

NE Township Zoning Map Reflects Proposed Changes in Zoning Ordinance

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Some changes were made to the North East Township zoning map that define the areas where the proposed new zoning regulations apply. The Renewable Energy Overlay that lies across southern North East Township was previously the area designated for wind energy, but now includes solar energy. Any potential development of renewables is to be located […]

Preliminary Layouts for Remington Road and Route 20 Solar Project Sites

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For a better understanding of the locations and layouts for all six solar sites on Remington Road, please review these diagrams. It must be stressed, these are preliminary plans and may change as the planning process continues. As shown, you can see the Remington Road east and west projects are really a single installation to […]

NE Township Planning to Consider Four Solar Projects on Remington Road

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During this coming Monday’s planning commission meeting, Westwood Professional Services and Forefront Power will present four proposed solar projects to be located north of I90 and both east and west of Remington Road. Remington-West (1&2) parcel 37-025-088.0-006.00. 2,000 KW AC and 3,000 KW AC solar array systems. Remington-East (1&2) parcel 37-025-084.0-001.00. 2,000 KW AC and […]

A Simple Illustration of Why Solar Energy Fails on the Grid

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There’s a big push for solar energy right now because the government is throwing money at it. In Erie County there are multiple solar projects in the works and they always tell us something like, “This project will power X thousand homes,” like 2 thousand or 5 thousand or whatever other number they make up […]

Solar Developers Are Targeting Erie County and it’s Not for the Sunshine

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You may not be aware of it, but Erie County is under assault. Solar energy developers, particularly grid scale or utility scale developers, are proposing very large solar projects designed to connect directly into the grid. Smaller projects are already under way, but it’s the grid scale projects we really need to be concerned about. […]

NE Township Decision to Approve Conditional Use for CleanChoice Energy

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Notice of Decision of The Board of Supervisors of North East Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania, Re: Application For Conditional Use of Cleanchoice Energy Take notice that on August 7, 2023, the Board of Supervisors of North East Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania issued a decision granting CleanChoice Energy (hereinafter “Applicant”) a conditional use approval, with conditions, […]

What You Ought to Know About Solar Energy But No One Talks About

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What is the real problem with solar? With such a rush of projects popping up, perhaps we should take a look. Great technology, wrong application Pedal power works great on bicycles, but not on cars and trucks because it doesn’t scale. Big heavy vehicles require far more power than pedals can deliver. For cars and […]

Massive New 80MW Solar Project Near Wattsburg Will Cover Over 1100 Acres

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Wilson Solar, a subsidiary of Birch Creek Development of St. Louis, Missouri, is proposing to build a facility on Jones Road in Venango Township, just north and west of Wattsburg. Plans call for a utility scale development occupying approximately 1129 acres. Wilson Solar states it has already obtained long term leases or purchase agreement/options for […]