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APA approves 20-megawatt solar array in Clifton

By Gwendolyn Craig

September 16, 2022

The Adirondacks is one step closer to hosting the state’s first “build ready” solar project and the largest in the park.

Benson Mines aerial of solar project site

Communities

Largest Adirondack solar project to date goes before APA

By Gwendolyn Craig

September 13, 2022

Array of 62,000 panels would be installed near former Superfund site

Communities

Former Adirondack mine to host major solar project

By Gwendolyn Craig

April 28, 2021

An old iron-ore tailings pile at a Star Lake mine is slated to become a solar power plant under a lease deal with the state.