Solar Projects for Calaveras

County warms to solar project
A major solar-generation farm being proposed off O’Byrnes Ferry Road… According to the state Department of Conservation, this is the second solar project that has been proposed through the state program… “You have to demonstrate the land that you want to do (the project on) isn’t really great agricultural land,” Laird said. –Click here for article—The Union Democrat, October 19, 2012

A Solar Project Recommendation
The company Ecoplexus Inc. out of the Bay Area is hoping to install 5,976 photovoltaic solar panels on over 14 acres owned by T-Five Ranches… Last year the state of California amended the Conservation Act, better known as the Williamson Act, to allow property owners to apply for solar easements on agriculture land.–Click here for article—MyMotherLode.com, October 18, 2012