Genie Solar Energy building 4-MW New york city community PV array

• Genie Solar Energy, a programmer of commercial as well as community solar project, started construction of a 4-MW community solar array in Perry, New York.

" We are thrilled to bring all the benefits of clean, renewable solar energy to the citizens as well as companies of Perry," stated Michael Stein, Genie's CEO. "We are grateful to the board and also personnel the New York State Energy and also Research Development Authority for their leadership, as well as to the Perry community for their support throughout the planning procedure."

The Perry project will certainly be made up of around 9,000 photovoltaic panels. With a projected annual production of over 5,000 MWh, it will create electricity enough to power over 440 homes.

Genie Solar expects to finish construction of the Perry solar array later on this year. To assist in the project's link with the neighborhood electrical grid, Genie Solar will pay for the project's required grid interconnection upgrades. That work needs to be carried out by the local utility, National Grid, with the timing determined by its ability to schedule as well as complete the work.

New york city State's community solar program makes it possible for households and businesses throughout the state to access the ecological as well as economic benefits of solar electricity generation without the requirement to set up panels on their homes. Instead, the solar project programmer constructs and also interconnects a solar array to the grid while enrolling local subscribers.

As soon as the project starts to generate electricity, subscribers receive a discount rate on their electricity supply bill by accepting receive electricity from a neighborhood, renewable source of power.

" New York's community solar program is blazing a trail to bring the benefits of clean, affordable solar energy to residents and businesses across the state," claimed Nathan Knapke, director of community solar for Genie Solar Energy. "For the Perry project, we not just will lower electricity bills for hundreds of local subscribers, however we likewise prepare to utilize highly-skilled, local personnel from Perry as well as its immediately surrounding locations for critical tasks during the project's construction including land prep work, panel installation and electrical work."