April 16, 2021
Bay Area Sierra Club Meeting:
Sunnyside Energy's Solar Brownfield Project
Wednesday, May 19, 7:00 pm
The May meeting will be conducted via Zoom.
(no in-person meeting)
Starts 6:30 pm for social time; 7:00 pm for program.
Here is the link for the meeting on Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4168201898?pwd=MzBpZ2hvUVFMckw4anlldTh6Tkh3dz09
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4168201898?pwd=MzBpZ2hvUVFMckw4anlldTh6Tkh3dz09
May 19 Program:
Sunnyside Energy's Solar Brownfield Project
The City of Houston has approved a lease agreement with Sunnyside Energy, LLC to advance the Sunnyside Solar Project - an innovative public-private partnership to convert the 240-acre closed landfill in Sunnyside into the largest brownfield solar installation in the nation.
Dori Wolfe, owner of Wolfe Energy, and co-developer of the Sunnyside Energy solar project, will speak on how the project came to be and what is proposed for the former landfill in Sunnyside. If time allows, in her role as Houston Area Co-op Coordinator for the non-profit Solar United Neighbors, she will touch on the various ways people can engage in renewables and how distributed generation can enhance resiliency.
City of Houston press release about the Sunnyside Solar Project:
https://www.houstontx.gov/mayor/press/2021/largest-landfill-solar-project-in-nation.html
https://www.houstontx.gov/mayor/press/2021/largest-landfill-solar-project-in-nation.html
Bay Area meetings are on 3rd Wednesday of the month, and start at 6:30pm for social hour; speaker and discussion from 7-8:30 pm.