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    EDF Renewables Begins Work on Three Community Solar Projects in New York

    Nov. 1, 2021
    The projects will supply 16.4 MW to National Grid
    Photo courtesy of NREL.gov
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    EDF Renewables North America began the construction of three community solar projects to supply 16.4 MW of clean energy to the National Grid customers in central New York. The project is the first phase of EDF Renewables’ 50 MW Community Solar project portfolio, consisting of eight projects in Rosendale, Frankfort, Oswegatchie, Verona and Vernon.

    The portfolio of projects will produce enough clean energy to power 8,200 average homes in New York, based on the U.S. Energy Information Administration 2019 Residential Electricity Sales and U.S. Census Data and typical transmission assumptions.

    “EDF Renewables is excited to bring clean renewable energy to New York and appreciates the collaboration of the communities in which we work to help us build community solar projects that support New York climate goals,” said Margaret Campbell, Senior Business Development Manager at EDF Renewables. “Now that New York Governor Kathy Hochul has expanded goals for the installation of distributed solar from 6 GW) to at least 10 GW by 2030, EDF Renewables is similarly expanding our efforts to bring clean renewable distributed solar projects to help power New York.”

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    EnergyTech Staff

    Rod Walton is senior editor for EnergyTech.com. He has spent 14 years covering the energy industry as a newspaper and trade journalist.

    Walton formerly was energy writer and business editor at the Tulsa World. Later, he spent six years covering the electricity power sector for Pennwell and Clarion Events. He joined Endeavor and EnergyTech in November 2021.

    He can be reached at [email protected]. 

    EnergyTech is focused on the mission critical and large-scale energy users and their sustainability and resiliency goals. These include the commercial and industrial sectors, as well as the military, universities, data centers and microgrids.

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