Meanwhile, about a thousand miles north of us, a 750 kilowatt solar array opens in Buffalo, New York.
According to PR of yesterday from the University at Buffalo, UB's 3,200-Panel 'Solar Strand' to be Dedicated at Opening Ceremony: Will provide enough electricity to power hundreds of student apartments on campus,
In celebration of Earth Day and to promote clean, renewable energy development, the University at Buffalo and New York Power Authority (NYPA) will dedicate the UB Solar Strand, the 3,200-panel photovoltaic array, at an opening ceremony on Monday, April 23.
Those panels seem inclined quite a bit more than ones around here. That's because UB is at 43 degrees north latitude, way north of our 31 degrees. And there's a lot less sun up there, too. Yet they just installed a solar array more than twice as big as the 350 KW array in Valdosta.
UB is a university, and it uses the project for more than a single practical purpose:
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No, not here (although the description might fit):
SPCA of Erie County, New York reported on the animal shelter in
neighboring Niagara County, New York.
Also the parts about "horrific" animal cruelty and
"excruciatingly painful" euthanasia may sound familiar.
WGRZ.com wrote today,
SPCA of Niagara Report; "Childish Behavior", Lack of Oversight,
In part of her report, Carr writes, "It's clear that the NCSPCA is
dysfunctional in many ways. Without standard operating procedures,
without careful record keeping and record retrieval, without trust
of one another, without a clear chain or command, with any
strategies to improve, this organization will continue to disappoint
and enrage the community,"
She continues, "there is an overwhelming culture of distrust at the
shelter. Some staff distrust the Executive Director, the Executive
Director distrusts many of the board members, many board members
distrust the Executive Director and some staff and volunteers
distrust some staff and staff distrusts some volunteers. Everyone
seems to distrust someone associated with the SPCA. They gossip,
pass on written complaints about each other to one another, try to
get each other fired, go behind backs of one another to people in
authority and make complaints. The evaluation team has witnessed
this rather childish behavior at all levels of the organization, by
board members, the Executive Director, staff members, and
volunteers."
Charlie Specht wrote for the Buffalo News yesterday,
Probe details 'horrific' animal cruelty at Niagara SPCA:
Report by Erie County counterpart details 'excruciatingly painful' euthanasia,
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There's still time to lead the solar parade:
"The solar market is the fastest-growing market worldwide, bar none," said Ryne P. Raffaelle, director of the U.S. Department of Energy's National Center for Photovoltaics in Colorado. "For the last half-dozen years, it's grown at about a 40 to 45 percent compound annual growth rate per year."
That growth is expected to accelerate next year, said Raffaelle, who was a Rochester Institute of Technology faculty member for 10 years. But the vast majority of that growth, both in the manufacturing and deployment of systems, is happening outside the United States. Asia has taken a "commanding lead" in manufacturing, and Europe leads in deployment, he said.
"But the rest of the world, they're still watching the United States. They still see us as the 800-pound gorilla," Raffaelle said. "It's like, 'When are they going to do something?'"
That was from a conference held in the Buffalo area recently.
In Buffalo, New York, they're not just talking about solar power:
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Charlotte Hsu writes in the UB Reporter about
Site preparation to begin on ‘Solar Strand’:
Workers will begin mowing, clearing and grading land adjacent to Flint Road next month to make way for “The Solar Strand,” a 1.1 megawatt solar-energy array designed by internationally renowned landscape architect Walter Hood and funded by a $7.5 million grant from the New York Power Authority.
The installation, with 5,000 photovoltaic (PV) panels powering more than 700 student apartments at UB, is calculated to reduce carbon emissions by more than 500 metric tons per year. That will bring the university closer to its goal of reaching carbon neutrality by 2030 under its Climate Action Plan. But the project is more than a means of generating energy.
Buffalo is at 42 degrees 53 minutes north,
about a thousand miles north of Valdosta at 30 degrees 49 minutes north.
On the
NREL solar radiation map, Buffalo shows significantly
less solar radiation than Valdosta.
So if Buffalo can do it, why can't Valdosta?
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