Kansas City Hypes New KCI Solar Farm Despite Glare Study FAIL

Once again local news shared PR hype without any context.

There's a great deal of online chatter about a potential wind farm at New KCI without mention of this inconvenient fact . . .

LAST YEAR EVERGY QUIETLY CANCELLED SOLAR ARRAY PLANS NEAR KCI AFTER AN AIRLINE STUDY REVEALED CONCERNS OVER GLARE!!!!

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Kansas City utility Evergy has quietly abandoned plans for a large community solar project at the city’s new airport after an engineering study concluded the designs would cause glare problems for air traffic controllers.

The utility and the city’s aviation department had intended to put the 5-megawatt project atop a six-story parking garage that will be part of a new airport now under construction. They were attracted to the airport and the garage in particular because of their high visibility to people arriving in town.

The Federal Aviation Administration requires developers of airport solar arrays to conduct a glare study to determine whether reflections from the panels are likely to interfere with the vision of pilots or air traffic controllers.

Sadly, those same problems persist.

However, the airport desperately wants to distract from growing concern about corruption and rigged bidding concerns. 

And so we share the local news hype via www.TonysKansasCity.com news link . . .

Possible solar farm in the works for site at Kansas City International Airport

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Kansas City, Missouri, City Manager Brian Platt said it's a real possibility a solar farm could be coming to the Kansas City International Airport. While the plans are still in the "due diligence phase," Platt said several months have been spent talking out how 4,000 to 5,000 acres at the airport could be turned into a solar farm.