Columbia County asks Wisconsin regulators to deny large solar project

he Columbia County Board is taking two approaches to voice concerns with large-scale solar projects. The first asks that a proposed project be denied, the second requests that Wisconsin lawmakers revise the law.

The County Board voted on Wednesday, March 16 in favor of two resolutions regarding solar projects. One of the resolutions is the Planning and Zoning Committee’s list of concerns with a proposed project in the form of public comment. This resolution includes asking the Public Service Commission to deny the application.

High Noon Solar is a proposed large-scale solar project in the towns of Arlington, Leeds, Lowville and Hampden. It could be a patchwork of solar arrays on approximately 2,000 acres of private property with the potential of producing 300 megawatts. It is being developed by Invenergy...
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Ken Notes: This is a cost profit issue, smaller rooftop arrays are more expensive to install and connect. We need an every new building, especially on public structures, requirement to jump start a more distributed network. Until then, larger systems will be build to replace older more costly coal plants. It is never easy and this is an ever changing technology issue. Like computers before, we will be amazed where we are in 20 years....