East Point Solar

The Details

The East Point Solar Farm was constructed in Sharon, Schoharie County, New York.  The size of this project is 50 MW and encompasses an approximately 1276-acre project site. The project includes numerous laydown yards, 400 acres of solar arrays, drainage improvements, and access road construction.

Scope of Work

• Procurement and Installation of the initial project SWPPP controls and exclusion control fencing. 

• 65,000 linear feet of reinforced silt fence over the 500-acre site

• 20,000 linear feet of exclusion zone fencing

• 85,000 linear feet of fence removal

• 1,200 linear feet of 12” silt sock in shallow rock locations

For more information on the project, please see the link below:

https://www.eastpointenergycenter.com/

The Challenge

The New York State utility-scale solar market is just kicking off in 2022. This project is one of the first utility-scale solar projects to break ground in New York. All the project stakeholders, including the numerous regulatory agencies, are moving forward with interim environmental requirements developed for the solar industry. This project will serve as a model project to enhance those requirements and develop final construction requirements used industry-wide in New York.

The Result

The Wesson Group will leverage its significant expertise in working with these regulatory agencies in the New York wind power industry to help develop and implement environmental controls that will address project-specific work and establish guidelines for the entire New York solar industry.