County’s 2nd Solar Farm Powering On By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com LAURENS – Poised to open a solar farm in Laurens – Otsego County’s second – Solstice executives say the company wants to make sure that everyone around here can afford solar energy. That includes “people who need the savings the most,” said Andrew Alayza, marketing director for the international solar-farm developer. Four-hundred local families have already signed up for all the capacity the farm will produce, but…
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Construction Begins Next Week On New Laurens Solar Farm By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com LAURENS – With plans to bring solar energy to 400 households throughout Otsego and the surrounding counties, construction on the new 13-acre community solar farm on Pool Brook Road north of this village is slated to begin next week. “Eighty percent of the population nationwide cannot install solar panels because of cost, their roof is to old or their roof doesn’t face the right…