Borrego chosen to establish 110-MW solar project for NYSERDA
- Borrego revealed it has actually been chosen to create a 110-MWAC utility-scale solar project as part of the solicitation for large-scale renewables by New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA). The Rutland Center Solar 1 project will be Borrego's largest development revealed to date.
The honor was among 20 solar projects awarded as part of NYSERDA's initiatives to create greater than 2 GW of new renewable energy capacity throughout New York State. It will be sited in National Grid territory in the north of the state, in the communities of Rutland and Watertown in Jefferson County, as well as will create sufficient power to power nearly 11,000 homes.
" This project award mirrors Borrego's expansion right into utility-scale advancement," claimed Dan Berwick, general supervisor of development at Borrego. "We're bringing the technological experience and also rigorous procedures we created as the leader in industrial as well as neighborhood solar markets to larger projects, since our mission is ever more immediate: to speed up the adoption of renewable resource."
Borrego's 110-MW solar project will certainly help support Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's nation-leading objective of creating 70% of New York's electrical energy from sustainable sources by 2030, constant with the Climate Leadership and also Community Benefit Act. Borrego's project is anticipated to produce tasks and bring benefits to Jefferson County, as well as the local territory will benefit from a Payment in Lieu of Taxes along with a Community Host Benefit Payment.