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NY: Solar "farmer" is top bidder on closed prison farms

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Mid-Hudson region's prison farms may harvest sun Solar panels could provide 9 megawatts By Adam Bosch Times Herald-Record Posted: May 27, 2009 A fashion designer from New Paltz wants to install solar energy panels at three prison farms that were shut as part of state budget cuts. Anthony Sicari came out on top when the state opened bids this month to lease prison farms at Eastern, Sullivan and Wallkill Correctional facilities. Sicari said he wants to install enough solar panels at each of the farms to produce a total of 9 megawatts, or enough to power 9,000 homes. On Tuesday, Sicari said he would sell the power to New York state at a reduced rate to help power the prisons, and then sell the remaining power back into the grid. One hurdle stands in his way...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on May 28, 2009 (boomark / email).