Fighting 'Solar Farm' Installation

[Mtsoxfan]

28% of what?

Not sure of the percentage, but for us, it was of the total cost.

 

[Mtsoxfan]

Once we made the decision to install solar, nobody could say anything to change our minds.
With that said, we didn't want to come home to an ugly looking set up on our rooftop, so we opted for all black panels, and it blended in much nicer than the silver grid panels. We lived in a working class neighborhood, 50/50 white collar. After installation, for years people were coming up to us saying how great it looked. Not one negative comment. Several neighbors installed on their rooftops, all in the black panels.

Now a farm is another story...

 

[orezok]

Some people say that I am being subsidized by other electric users. I wonder if those same people think it’s OK for gas & oil, pharmaceuticals and farmers to be subsidized by MY tax dollars.

And, if you own stock in those and many others you are benefiting from those same subsidies.

Hmmm

 

[ruffdog]

There are worse things than solar, like big animal farms or a gravel pits. Solar companies generally seek out areas that are a bit of a power desert because rates are more favorable. All of the people in those areas will generally benefit from an extra power resource.

 

[riptides]

Some people have got together in one of our communities and are planning on installing a huge multi-acre solar farm on property adjacent to my daughter's and sister-in-law's property. They will be surrounded to the north and south of their properties and across the road. Their property value will go to nearly nothing.

Has anybody fought the installation of one of these?

Any ideas?

RSKY

LouNY mentioned "good agricultural soil". You might want to sit in on your local governments planning commissions and figure out strategies on zoning uses. Then get with your local governments representatives and figure out which way they are leaning. This solar installs always come with the developer offering to fill someone's coffers with revenues. Yet...local taxes always seem to increase.

Then if you really want to get into it, you can always approach "green" ideology organizations and get them on your side. Solar usually hooks up to grids in the area. And grids require transmission lines, offsets, right-of-ways, easements and maybe "more land".

To those saying "my property" the infringement starts when you neighbor sells and you have 120 foot transmission towers running through your land.

These things have to take the community and individual interests to heart. And your local government should have a strategy on which way they are going and what areas are opportune for this type of development.

 

[LouNY]

There are worse things than solar, like big animal farms or a gravel pits. Solar companies generally seek out areas that are a bit of a power desert because rates are more favorable. All of the people in those areas will generally benefit from an extra power resource.

Of the several large scale solar systems in my area (I won't call them solar farms) none of the power is slated for this area it is all slated for NYC use.

 

[oldnslo]

Like 2manyrocks stated talk to your county zoning agents to see what if any regulations there are for “industrial- commercial” solar farm vs home owner. I had to do this when the property adjacent to me was being considered for windmill installations. The zoning regulations where very specific and provided the information necessary to talk with intelligence about my options.

Like everything new no one knows what the long term effects will be from a large scale solar farm.

 

[bcp]

Their property will become dark all day long and their plants will die as the solar panels suck away all the sunlight.

A US town has rejected plans for solar panels amid fears they would 'suck up all the energy from the sun'

A retired science teacher said she was concerned the panels would prevent plants in the area from photosynthesizing,

www.businessinsider.com

Bruce

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

Gotta love the cell tower NIMBYs, never let the facts get in the way of a good rant. I don't know where you get the idea that there are people at these sites at all hours of the day & night. I spent 25 years working on communications gear, much of it installed at cell sites, and months could go by where no one visited a given site at all. Most of these towers are in relatively isolated areas, on mountain/hilltops to get the best coverage. They don't cause cancer either.

Again...reading comprehension problems. Where did I say people are at these sites 24/7? Re-read and you see "24/7 ACCESS".

 

[sea2summit]

Some people say that I am being subsidized by other electric users. I wonder if those same people think it’s OK for gas & oil, pharmaceuticals and farmers to be subsidized by MY tax dollars.

And, if you own stock in those and many others you are benefiting from those same subsidies.

Hmmm

Nope, that’s not okay either.
Neither is first time home buyer help.
Housing help.
Food stamps.
Cancer research.
Disaster relief.
Pretty much anything else.

Common defense and interstate commerce is all they should be spending money on. If the free market wants the rest, then the free market will pay for it.