TIMES RECORD • November 15, 2023
Phippsburg officials have scheduled for next month their first look of the site of a proposed solar array to power a local resort that recently changed hands. The project has met resistance from some locals because it involves clearing about 10 acres of woods along West Point Road. Many questioned whether a solar project in this location would be a net positive for the environment. Ralph Keyes, a former high school science teacher, said he worried that Giri Hotels, a Massachusetts-based hospitality management firm that bought the Harbor Resort in May 2022, was underestimating the value of old-growth forest soils to store carbon.