Published

2 years ago

October 12, 2023

Alice Rush

The New York Power Authority (NYPA) is seeking developers to implement solar photovoltaic arrays and/or battery energy storage systems at four sites in Warren County.

The solicitation, which seeks proposals by Nov. 9, is asking for competitively priced proposals to design and construct 4.1 MW of distributed solar PV at two adjacent landfills in Queensbury, the Cool Insuring Arena and a Department of Public Works building in Glens Falls.

“The New York Power Authority is pleased to support the development of innovative clean energy projects in Warren County, which will provide economic and environmental benefits to the City of Glens Falls and the surrounding community,” says Justin E. Driscoll, NYPA’s president and CEO. “Working with municipalities to implement new energy solutions and lower greenhouse-gas emissions helps us achieve our renewable resource targets locally and collectively as a state to advance our clean energy and sustainability goals.”

The RFP identifies the following locations and estimated system sizes:

Glens Falls municipal landfill, 64 Luzerne Road, Queensbury: 1.5 MW ground-mounted project sited on a capped landfill;
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation-owned landfill, 51 Luzerne Road, Queensbury: 2.1 MW ground-mounted project sited on a capped landfill;
Cool Insuring Arena, 1 Civic Center Plaza, Glens Falls: 280 kW DC rooftop project;
Glens Falls Department of Public Works, 230 Dix Ave.: 123 kW DC rooftop project.

Submissions are strongly encouraged to incorporate battery energy storage systems (BESS) where possible.

The selected proposer will sell to the city, through a 20- or 25-year PPA, all of the electricity and attributes generated by the systems from the sites at a competitive price that will deliver cost savings.

To review the RFP, access NYPA’s procurement site here.

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New York Power Authority Issues Solar RFP

Renewable Energy

Five Types of Americans

Published

14 hours ago

April 1, 2026

Alice Rush

I just came across the meme here, and I thought I’d react to it.

Let’s call these groups, from top to bottom, A, B, C, and D.

First, instead of joking around about C, let’s be clear: these are people who are dominated by hate, especially the tenets of white nationalism.

Then let’s add in group E, selfish pigs who are getting ever richer because of Trump’s corrupt policies.

Here’s my guess as to the percentage of each group, across the people eligible to vote in the United States:

A: 50

B: 5 (some of these people actually do exist)

C: 33 (Trump’s MAGA support base)

D: 10

E: 2

Now, a question that is often asked is: How is it possible that group E rules the country (and the world) with only 2% of the votes? Answer: They have almost all the money, and they couldn’t give a s*** about the wellbeing of others.

That this planet will slowly bake matters to most of us, but it doesn’t mean squat to a few.

Five Types of Americans

Renewable Energy

Far-Right-wing Politician with No Scientific Training Says Climate Change Is a Hoax —- ZZzzzzzzz

Published

14 hours ago

April 1, 2026

Alice Rush

This is Germany’s Alice Weidel, a politician from Germany’s right-wing extremist party, Alternative for Germany. She studied economics and finance in college.

Who could possibly care what she thinks about climate change?

Far-Right-wing Politician with No Scientific Training Says Climate Change Is a Hoax —- ZZzzzzzzz

Renewable Energy

A Thought from Maslow

Published

14 hours ago

April 1, 2026

Alice Rush

Here’s “A thought for today,” from A-Word-A Day:

A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What one can be, one must be. – Abraham Maslow

Maslow is best known for his “hierarchical needs,” which I always thought was excellent. The statement here is a part of that theory; it’s what “self-actualization” means.

Incredibly powerful, IMO.