ConnectGen's 270-MW New York solar project gets final permit approval

• ConnectGen revealed that its recommended South Ripley Solar Project has received a final siting permit from the New york city State Office of Renewable Energy Siting (ORES). Based upon a thorough testimonial of the document, ORES located that the project abides by Executive Law 94-c and stays clear of, decreases or mitigates, to the maximum degree practicable, prospective significant adverse environmental influences to the surrounding location.

The South Ripley Solar Project is a suggested 270-MW solar facility with a 20-MW battery power storage space component situated in the Town of Ripley in Chautauqua County, New York City, which will certainly offer substantial long-lasting benefits to the town as well as county for numerous decades. Through the authorized PILOT and Host Community Agreements, the project is anticipated to add over $60 million in raised earnings to neighborhood tiring jurisdictions over its 30-plus year lifespan. Additionally, the project is anticipated to develop approximately 200 family-wage jobs during building.

" We wish to give thanks to ORES staff for their extensive testimonial of our application, as well as state leaders and NYSERDA for their continued bold leadership in decarbonizing electrical power supply," claimed Caton Fenz, CEO of ConnectGen. "We appreciate ORES' recognition of our considerable efforts to reduce and also minimize the ecological footprint of the project, as well as we expect bringing the South Ripley Solar Project over the finish line as well as providing economic benefits to the Town of Ripley and Chautauqua County for the next several decades."

This approval culminates a multi-year, thorough evaluation and also evaluation of the biological, cultural and socioeconomical effects of the project. It was first introduced in addition to a slate of scheduled projects in 2020 by then-Governor Andrew Cuomo.

To additionally protect crucial sources in the Town of Ripley, ConnectGen has actually committed to implementing a Final Forest Clearing as well as Mitigation Plan in control with the Town of Ripley as well as State of New York to minimize as well as minimize prospective influences to regional forests, including the preservation of existing forested lands within the Town of Ripley.