The array on two massive industrial roofs in Brooklyn will supply electricity to 196 households and businesses, with 10% of its output going to low- and moderate-income New Yorkers.
Nine community solar projects within the state will be participating in the “Solar For All” program, providing access to no-cost community solar for low-income New Yorkers.
The state will allow projects up to 7.5 MW to participate in the C&I portion of the program, as well as including “adders” for brownfield, landfill, low-income and parking canopy installations.
The Empire State state has announced a solicitation for 1.5 million megawatt hours of renewable electricity, to be delivered by 2022.
With another 734 MW of wind and 3 MW of hydro, the results of the latest NYSERDA solicitation has been described as the largest state-level award of clean energy to date.
The Empire State is making up for lost time in advancing utility-scale renewable energy.
The Empire State has deployed solar at 850 sites through the second round of its Solarize program, and is now extending the program to manufacturers.
The toolkit is designed to help local municipalities understand and negotiate payment-in-lieu-of taxes agreements with solar developers.
New York is following the lead of California, Oregon and Massachusetts, which have set mandates for energy storage deployment.
The largest-ever state renewable energy solicitation is just one of the moves that the Cuomo Administration has taken in response to U.S. President Donald Trump exiting the Paris Agreement.
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