I’m in favor of solar plants, and it was good to see the participants
helping out at the groundbreaking for the Wiregrass Solar LLC plant
at the Valdosta Mud Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant yesterday.
But wait! What’s that behind them?
Seems like even solar supporters aren’t all in favor of the
proposed neighboring biomass plant.
In this post are videos of the speeches by VLCIA personnel;
speeches by other dignitaries will follow.
Brad Lofton,
Executive Director of the
Valdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority (VLCIA),
said they’ll have a commissioning reception in a few months
(currently scheduled for
Wednesday 16th April 2011)
to which they’ll invite “the entire City Council
and the County Commission.”
Interestingly, there was nobody from the County Commission
at this groundbreaking ceremony.
They’ve said they’re in favor of biomass;
are they not in favor of solar?
Lofton says they’ll also invite
“…the governor of Georgia who has about half a million dollars invested in this project.”
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia.
Video by John S. Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.
Lofton also said:
“We’ll go around and if anybody has any comments, I’d like you to make them.”Hm, they never seemed to get around to me.
Brad Lofton explained that the property for the solar plant is owned by the City of Valdosta and leased to VLCIA and then subleased to “our client”. He mentions the state of Georgia has half a million dollars invested in the project. That’s the same amount he mentioned for the governor; maybe that’s what he meant before?
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia.
Video by John S. Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.
VLCIA Project Manager
Allan Ricketts
made perhaps the briefest speech, basically thanking everybody
and sticking to the subject of the event at hand.
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia.
Video by John S. Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.
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