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New York’s largest solar farm is a go with $950 million in funding
electrek.co ^ | 2/3/25 | Michelle Lewis

Posted on 02/04/2025 8:51:02 AM PST by AbolishCSEU

Clean energy investment manager Greenbacker Renewable Energy has secured $950 million to build what will be New York State’s largest solar farm.

Greenbacker acquired the 500-megawatt (MW) Cider project from renewable energy developer Hecate Energy. Work started in October, and the project is expected to come online in 2026. Hecate announced on February 3 that the New York Office of Renewable Energy Siting and Transmission (ORES) has now formally issued a siting permit and a formal notice to proceed with construction.

“Greenbacker has called New York home for 14 years, and we’re proud to be both the owner of the largest solar energy project in the state’s history and a driving force in accelerating its ambitious clean energy goals,” said Charles Wheeler, CEO of Greenbacker. Cider will sit on approximately 2,500 acres of land in Genesee County, east of Buffalo, where it began construction in late 2024. The project is expected to generate enough annual clean electricity to power around 120,000 New York households.

Greenbacker’s Cider project is one of 23 large-scale clean energy developments awarded contracts in December by the New York State Energy and Research Development Authority (NYSERDA). New York has set a goal of sourcing 70% of its electricity from clean energy by 2030.

The Solar Energy Industries Association ranks New York 8th nationally for solar capacity. With 6,493 megawatts, it has enough solar to power 1,127,865 homes. It’s expected to move to 5th place in five years.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: energy; ny; solar; waste
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Meanwhile natural gas is abundant in this area...
1 posted on 02/04/2025 8:51:02 AM PST by AbolishCSEU
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To: AbolishCSEU

A few Buffalo area blizzards and that will be the end of that.


2 posted on 02/04/2025 8:52:24 AM PST by cgbg (It is time to pull the Deep State out of the mass media--like ticks from a dog.)
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To: AbolishCSEU

A solar farm built where there is very limited solar energy to harvest


3 posted on 02/04/2025 8:53:03 AM PST by rdcbn1 (TV )
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To: AbolishCSEU

How much did NY get from other states for this crap??


4 posted on 02/04/2025 8:53:27 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: AbolishCSEU

Which politicians got paid off?


5 posted on 02/04/2025 8:53:57 AM PST by Eli Kopter (Gentle elves set light to lead the Faroes on the starry way from age to age - U. of Faroe Islands)
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To: AbolishCSEU

DOA.


6 posted on 02/04/2025 8:54:06 AM PST by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: cgbg

155 days of sunshine in Buffalo, about 75% of national average.


7 posted on 02/04/2025 8:54:30 AM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: AbolishCSEU

Was this part of the massive out-the-door funding from the Biden admin?


8 posted on 02/04/2025 8:55:00 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: Tijeras_Slim

It’s their money.


9 posted on 02/04/2025 8:55:15 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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To: AbolishCSEU

Thats’s $8,000 per household and that’s only the funding.


10 posted on 02/04/2025 8:56:20 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: AbolishCSEU

Are there snow plows in that quote?


11 posted on 02/04/2025 8:59:21 AM PST by George from New England (escaped CT back in 2006)
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To: AbolishCSEU

It’s always sunny in NY. Right?


12 posted on 02/04/2025 8:59:24 AM PST by FrankRizzo890
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To: 9YearLurker

probably.


13 posted on 02/04/2025 9:00:35 AM PST by AbolishCSEU (Amount of "child" support paid is inversely proportionate to mother's actual parenting of children)
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To: AbolishCSEU

What is the source of Greenbacker Renewable Energy’s funding? Is any federal funding involved? No problem if it’s all private investment. Big problem if there is backdoor federal funding.


14 posted on 02/04/2025 9:00:42 AM PST by Obadiah
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To: Eli Kopter

Most likely Schmucky Schumer, Gigglebrat, and Joke-Hul.


15 posted on 02/04/2025 9:01:14 AM PST by AbolishCSEU (Amount of "child" support paid is inversely proportionate to mother's actual parenting of children)
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To: AbolishCSEU

I never understand why liberals oppose nuclear. Nuclear plants produce zero of the dreaded greenhouse gases. But for the liberals, nuclear is never part of the mix of energy which would get us away from the fossil fuels they hate.


16 posted on 02/04/2025 9:01:17 AM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: AbolishCSEU; All

Dumb. Lots of snow and often in NY, especially near Buffalo.


17 posted on 02/04/2025 9:02:58 AM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore.)
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To: AbolishCSEU

I am not wishing for a huge hail storm to come by and absolutely obliterate it, but it could happen.


18 posted on 02/04/2025 9:05:13 AM PST by Tom Tetroxide (Psalm 146:3 "Do not trust in princes, in the Son of Man, who has no salvation.")
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To: AbolishCSEU

What could possibly go wrong?

My solar panels, here in southern Westchester County, just 10 miles north of the NYC line, put out almost no electricity for a week after a 3-inch snow and very cold temperatures that allowed the snow to persist, even on our due-South-facing solar array.

The solar company contacted even me because they thought the reporting link to their system had failed.

Fortunately, “Genesee County, east of Buffalo” never gets heavy snow and persistent cold temperatures.


19 posted on 02/04/2025 9:06:24 AM PST by paterfamilias
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To: Dilbert San Diego

They watched “The China Syndrome” which I believe starred Hanoi Jane.


20 posted on 02/04/2025 9:06:58 AM PST by AbolishCSEU (Amount of "child" support paid is inversely proportionate to mother's actual parenting of children)
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