Press and Announcements
Press and Announcements
Saranac Lake Community Solar Project of Year Finalist
We are so excited to announce that Saranac Lake Community Solar is a finalist for the Project of the Year Awards for the Community Solar category with Solar Builder Magazine. The voting runs until September 24th and the finalist with the most votes will be the...
RER Energy Group & Sunvestment Celebrate the Completion of the First Community Solar project
Download full Press Release here. On Friday, February 12, 2021 RER Energy Group and Sunvestment celebrated the completion of the Saranac Lake Community Solar array with a ribbon cutting ceremony. As the first community solar project in the Adirondack Park, local...
Saranac Lake Community Solar farm celebrates opening
As originally published on adirondackdailyenterprise.com. “Three, two, one, here comes the sun,” elected state leaders and Adirondack Medical Center administrators counted as Robert Hassman cut the ribbon on the Saranac Lake Community Solar farm on Friday. Hassman,...
Light Up the Town in, around Saranac Lake
As originally published on www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com. The Saranac Lake Area Chamber of Commerce, Northern Power & Light, and Saranac Lake Community Solar invite residents and businesses to show off their seasonal spirit with the inaugural Light Up the Town...
A conversation about clean energy initiatives across the region
The Explorer’s Policy Reporter Gwendolyn Craig will serve as moderator with the following panelists: Noah Shaw, partner and co-chair, Renewable Energy Practice, Hodgson Russ LLP; Conrad Karsten, project developer for Sunvestment Energy Group (Saranac Lake Community...
Climate goals meet green energy in the Adirondacks
As originally published on www.adirondackexplorer.org. New York’s carbon-slashing ambitions are skyscraper tall, and the forested park that covers one-fifth of the state is set to help achieve them. The Adirondack Park’s trees, solar installations, dams and wind...
A Farm Stand for Electricity
As originally published on suncommunitynews.com. Imagine sashaying down to the local farmers market one weekend for chard, tomatoes and a little locally sourced electricity. While a bit of a stretch, obviously, this scenario is not as far-fetched as it might seem....
Solar Project to Benefit the Bees, Too
As originally published on adirondackalmanack.com. Saranac Lake Community Solar has partnered up with AdkAction to complete a local community solar project which will create 10 acres of pollinator habitat. These 10 acres will provide a local source of clean energy...
Saranac Lake Community Will Now Have Access to Solar Energy
Saranac Lake residents will soon have a local source of clean energy for the community and surrounding areas. The Saranac Lake Community Solar project will provide homeowners, renters and businesses with the benefits of solar energy without the cost of equipment,...
Tap into Locally Generated Green Power
As originally published on https://www.adkaction.org. The first Community Solar Farm in the Adirondacks is expected to start generating energy in 2020. Sunvestment Energy Group and RER Energy are collaborating to build and operate a community solar farm in Saranac...