{"id":14509,"date":"2025-11-28T17:50:34","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T22:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ecoportal.net\/en\/?p=14509"},"modified":"2026-07-01T13:14:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T17:14:57","slug":"new-yorks-solar-revolution-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ecoportal.net\/en\/new-yorks-solar-revolution-begins\/14509\/","title":{"rendered":"1 million panels and 500,000 kW: New York breaks ground on its largest solar farm in Genesee County"},"content":{"rendered":"

Construction is underway on New<\/a> York’s largest solar farm. Amid the continued reliance on the conventional energy sector, such as oil and gas, New York is aiming to become a hub for the renewable energy sector<\/strong> over the coming years. Following generations of oil and gas production that have devastated the environment, the global calls to integrate the renewable energy sector into national grids have never been louder. Now, the state of New York has developed a new project that will reshape the state’s energy grid for the better.<\/p>\n

The untapped potential of the solar power sector has been revealed to the world<\/h2>\n

Due to the current administration’s evident disdain for the wind power sector, solar power in the US has been on a steady and consistent upward trajectory. The US energy market has been dominated by the President’s calls for increased investments in the traditional oil and gas projects. This approach is contrary to the sentiment of the rest of the world.<\/p>\n

Trump labeled renewable energy<\/strong> as “the biggest con job ever perpetrated on the world”. This underscores his previous statements on the renewable energy sector. However, Trump is not the King of the US, and states have their own clean energy ambitions, such as New York, which recently revealed a new solar project.<\/p>\n

Construction has begun on what will become New York’s largest solar project when completed<\/h3>\n

Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company, a market leader in integrated solar power projects, has announced the start of initial construction activities on its Cider Solar Farm in Genesee County, New York. With approximately 1 million solar panels that will deliver 500,000 kW of solar power to New York’s state grid, the project is the first of its kind to receive a siting permit from the state’s Office of Renewable Energy Siting and Transmission.<\/p>\n

New York’s solar build-out is underway, and locals are set to reap the benefits<\/h2>\n

New York has long been contemplating measures to attract the largest renewable energy companies in the world, and now Greenbacker has officially begun construction on the Cider Solar Farm<\/strong> in Genesee County in New York. The project is slated to be completed in late 2026 and will not only generate enough power to light up 120,000 New York households but will also boost the local economy through hundreds of jobs.<\/p>\n

The utility-scale photovoltaic solar project, which spans roughly 2,500 acres in Genesee County, could reshape the state grid to integrate astonishing levels of energy produced solely from solar power, marking a milestone in New York’s solar power sector. As the technology of solar power is reaching amazing levels<\/a> of efficiency, New York has welcomed the first phase of construction of the Cider Solar Farm.<\/p>\n

“Cider offers tangible economic benefits to Genesee County communities and the broader region, and it represents an important milestone in New York’s clean energy transition that will power the state forward for years to come.” – Dan de Boer, Greenbacker Interim CEO and Head of Infrastructure<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Cider Solar Farm will become the largest solar project in the state once completed<\/h2>\n

The astonishing embrace and adoption of the solar power sector in New York is no accident, as the state has been working on several solar projects over the past few years. The Morris Ridge Solar project was a sight for sore eyes<\/a> in New York, but will be replaced as the largest solar facility<\/strong> in the state by Cider, once construction has been completed and operations actually start. New York state is set to become the cornerstone of the American solar sector, but it requires a little more support from the government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Construction is underway on New York’s largest solar farm. Amid the continued reliance on the conventional energy sector, such as oil and gas, New York is aiming to become a hub for the renewable energy sector over the coming years. Following generations of oil and gas production that have devastated the environment, the global calls … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":14513,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_focus_keyword":"New York\u2019s solar revolution","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_description":"As the US has been dominated by the conventional energy market, such as gas and oil, New York's solar revolution has officially broke ground with a new project.","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoportal.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoportal.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoportal.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoportal.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoportal.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoportal.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoportal.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoportal.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoportal.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoportal.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}