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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A few Buffalo area blizzards and that will be the end of that.
A solar farm built where there is very limited solar energy to harvest
How much did NY get from other states for this crap??
Which politicians got paid off?
DOA.
155 days of sunshine in Buffalo, about 75% of national average.
Was this part of the massive out-the-door funding from the Biden admin?
It’s their money.
Thats’s $8,000 per household and that’s only the funding.
Are there snow plows in that quote?
It’s always sunny in NY. Right?
probably.
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.
Most likely Schmucky Schumer, Gigglebrat, and Joke-Hul.
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.
Dumb. Lots of snow and often in NY, especially near Buffalo.
I am not wishing for a huge hail storm to come by and absolutely obliterate it, but it could happen.
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.
They watched “The China Syndrome” which I believe starred Hanoi Jane.
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