Solar energy is the cool, new kid in the Lehigh Valley and northwest New Jersey right now.
Roughly 20 solar energy projects have been proposed or finished in the region during the last year."(We) have more projects going on now than we ever have," said Jennifer Beattie, a marketing coordinator for Vanguard Energy Partners, a New Jersey-based company that opened a Bethlehem office in June.
Residents, worried about solar farms' effect on their property values and other issues, are less-excited about the trend.
Read the complete report: Several of region’s solar power projects spurring opposition.
Immobile solar panels serve the purpose, but solar panels that track the sun are more space-efficient and equally effective, according to Leo Day, of Quality Industrial Services.
His company represents MGK Solar, the Brookville, Pa.,-based business.
"Most of the systems that you see out there are fixed systems ... that’s what they’re used to seeing," he said, referring to people who express concerns about the footprint created by a solar farm. "They don’t really know of anything else. What I’m trying to do is offer an option."
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