Carly Miller is reporting for Columbia-Greene Media Cypress Creek Renewables was back before the Cairo Planning Board April 5, presenting its initial proposal to build a 10-acre solar farm at 740-770 Main Street, that would power between 300 and 500 homes. The company has multiple applications pending review throughout Greene County, including four in Greenville, as well as Freehold and Coxsackie. The details of the Cairo proposal were based on a prototype, but Cypress Creek’s projects typically include 8,000 to 9,000 enclosed panels and a perimeter fence for safety. The Main Street lot is 87.8 acres with 10.5 acres of panel coverage, but those numbers may change slightly as the project progresses, Cypress Creek zoning manager John Reagan said. The company signed four leases on potential projects in Cairo, but three of those fell through, Reagan said. The board was concerned about the company's failure to include a plan to provide their own emergency response team in the event of an emergency. For the next round of the application review, the board asked Cypress Creek to produce a landscaping plan, a permission letter from the property owner, a decommissioning plan and a $70 public hearing fee. The company is also working with the town on a Payment in Lieu of Taxes program. Read the full story at HudsonValley360 [dot] com.