[CPEO-BIF] Solar Energy Consortium at TechCity, Ulster, NY

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Scenic Hudson likes solar at TechCity

By Robert M. Miraldi
Kingston Daily Freeman (NY)
August 22, 2007

Scenic Hudson, an environmental group focused on the preservation of the 
Hudson River Valley, is thrilled that the Solar Energy Consortium is 
utilizing TechCity in the town of Ulster, the former site of IBM, for 
its soon-to-be home base.

"Unfortunately it is often easier and cheaper for a developer to clear 
cut and bulldoze a new site," said Scenic Hudson President Ned Sullivan. 
"Our green space, our forested areas, should be preserved as open space 
and used for public and recreational use, particularly in a region where 
farming and tourism remain important elements."

It might seem only fitting that the Consortium - a project aimed at 
maximizing renewable energy from the sun - would make its home at a site 
that has been largely vacant.

TechCity Director of Business Development Tom Kacandes said, "Why plow 
up farm fields for new development? We don't want to see this on the 
banks of the Hudson. We want to preserve the rural character of Ulster 
County."



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For the entire article, see
http://www.dailyfreeman.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18733299&BRD=1769&PAG=461&dept_id=74969&rfi=6

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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