Bill Hocker | Nov 28, 2018Update 11/28/18
At the 11/28/18 hearing on the American Canyon Solar Project, the developer indicated that they have withdrawn their application for the Palm Drive Solar Project. Temporary or permanent?
Update 9/30/18
Laura TInthoff LTE 9/30/18:
Keep our valley bucolic: No on Palm Drive solar
9/20/18
Another community group has formed to oppose the urbanization of the "
agricultural lands and rural character that we treasure", this time to prevent a wooded hillside in Coombsville from becoming a power plant.
It is
Napa Residents for Smart Planning?No on Palm Drive Solar.
Their very well done website does a good job of showing how inappropriate such an industrial project can be to a rural landscape.
The red splotches are stands of oak woodlands to be removed. Given the concerns raised by the Measure C campaign over the last year it is a bit shocking that a company would have the hubris to push forward such an industrial use of Napa's oak woodlands. The plan is one of the documents on the
County's Palm Drive Solar page.