Cornell University tus tshiab Sutton Road Solar Farm, 2-megawatt zog chaw uas yuav offset ze li ntawm 40 feem pua ntawm cov kev thov hluav taws xob txhua xyoo ntawm New York State Agricultural Experiment Station (NYSAES) hauv Geneva, New York, tau ua tiav lub Plaub Hlis 13.
"Peb cov kws tshawb fawb tab tom ua cov kev tshawb fawb yooj yim thiab siv los txhim kho cov qoob loo thiab ua rau lawv muaj peev xwm tiv taus kab mob, dej qhuav thiab qhov cuam tshuam tsis zoo ntawm huab cua tsis meej thaum peb teeb tsa lub neej yav tom ntej ua liaj ua teb kom ruaj khov dua," said Susan Brown, Goichman Family Director ntawm NYSAES. "Nyob rau hauv peb cov txiv hmab txiv ntoo thiab zaub cov kev pab cuam peb tab tom kawm txog txoj kev zoo tshaj plaws los sau lub hnub, yog li nws tsuas yog haum uas lub zog siv peb lub chaw kuaj mob thiab tsev cog khoom yuav ua tib yam."
Kev tsim kho lub hnub ci ua liaj ua teb, qhov chaw 17-acre uas muaj 9,120 photovoltaic panels nyob ntawm Sutton Road hauv Seneca, New York, tau pib lub caij nplooj ntoos hlav dhau los thiab yog Cornell qhov thib ob megawatt-scale hnub ci project. Thaum lub Cuaj Hlis 2014, lub tsev kawm ntawv tau qhib Cornell Snyder Road Solar Farm nrog 6,778 photovoltaic panels ntawm 11-acre daim phiaj uas txuas nrog Tompkins County Regional Airport hauv Lansing, New York. Ntxiv qhov tshiab Geneva array rau Lansing cov khoom tsim tawm, lub tsev kawm ntawv yuav tsim hluav taws xob txog 5,700 megawatt-teev ib xyoos ib zaug.
Bert Bland, tus lwm thawj coj ntawm lub zog thiab kev ruaj ntseg hauv tsev kawm ntawv Infrastructure, Properties thiab Planning division Bert Bland tau hais tias "Kev txav los ntawm cov hluav taws xob hluav taws xob uas muaj cua sov thiab hluav taws xob rau lub zog tauj dua tshiab yog qhov tsim nyog los ua kom tau raws li Cornell thiab New York lub hom phiaj ntawm decarbonizing zog. .
Thaum lub Cuaj Hlis 2014, Gov. Andrew Cuomo tshaj tawm NY-Sun khoom plig rau cov phiaj xwm loj hnub ci hluav taws xob uas yuav ua rau lub hnub ci zog muaj peev xwm hauv lub xeev ntau dua 214 megawatts, nce 68 feem pua ntawm cov hnub ci teeb tsa. NY-Sun Initiative tau siv zog los nthuav lub xeev lub zog txuas ntxiv mus ua lag luam kom txo cov nqi ntawm cov thev naus laus zis.
cov New York State Energy Research thiab Development Authority tswj hwm NY-Sun khoom plig, thiab nws tau pab kwv yees li ib feem peb ntawm qhov project tus nqi peev, thaum tus tsim khoom ntiag tug Distributed Sun thiab Building Energy Asset Management LLC yuav muaj thiab ua haujlwm hauv Geneva array. Jeff Weiss '79 yog tus thawj coj thiab tus thawj coj ntawm Distributed Sun. Cornell yuav yuav lub hnub ci ua liaj ua teb hluav taws xob los ntawm kev pom zoo nrog lub tuam txhab.
Kev siv lub hnub ci zog tsuas yog ib qho ntawm ntau yam uas lub tsev kawm ntawv tau ua los txo nws cov pa roj carbon hneev taw. Cornell's Senior Leader Climate Action Group tau raug foob nrog cov thawj coj ua ntej uas yuav pab lub tsev kawm ntawv ua cov pa roj carbon nruab nrab. Pab pawg yuav xa cov lus pom zoo thiab lawv cov nqi cuam tshuam los ntawm Lub Cuaj Hli 1.
- Blaine Friedlander, Cornell University