Tuck away those solar panels where nobody can see them

From the Bangor Daily News

A massive solar farm is coming to the small Maine community of Buxton.

Glenvale Solar, based out of Boston, is creating a 119-acre solar farm on a plot of land in the York County town.

The owners of the property and Glenvale have been working for the last two years on the idea.

Aidan Foley, the founder of Glenvale Solar, said the farm will sell energy to ratepayers at a low price and will connect to existing Central Maine Power transmission lines.

Glenvale Solar said the massive solar farm will be tucked away out of sight.

“I think most people in Buxton wouldn’t know this project was here if they didn’t read about it in the newspaper,” Foley said. “It’s on a private, secluded piece of land that you don’t see from any main roads.”

Glenvale plans to start work next year and said the project will generate about 100 construction jobs.

EP Editor’s note: Even if Buxton ends up hosting the only solar farm unknown to opponents, it won’t be the town’s only claim to fame. In the film, The Shawshank Redemption, based on a story by Maine native Stephen King, Buxton is the site of the oak tree and rock wall where ‘Red’ goes after being released from prison to retrieve a message from his friend Andy Dufresne, who escaped from prison earlier. We trust you’ve seen the film as it seems to appear on one cable station or another almost every month. Despite that, I still haven’t. What’s your recommendation? Watch or skip? –FB