Mountain Xpress: Across Western North Carolina, a wave of solar projects have been announced over the past few months. The YWCA of Asheville plans to install 30 solar-thermal panels on its roof to heat water for the nonprofit`s pool and showers, and in Haywood County, a seven acre ‘solar farm’ featuring more than 3,000 photovoltaic panels is planned for a former landfill site in Canton. On the sunny side: Workers recently set up one of the largest photovoltaic installations in Western North Carolina …