Solar

While I certainly welcome lower-cost solar panels, and would most certainly include solar power when I own my off-grid homestead, I am deeply concerned about the tens of thousands, and soon to be hundreds of thousands of acres of land being developed for industrial solar farms across the state. Information both on solar farms and smaller, more appropriate uses of solar technology.

Proposed Solar Farms in New York State

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This map shows all several additional solar farms proposed for New York, many of much larger scale then existing facilities. Yellow balloons are (L) Regulatory approvals pending. Not under construction, Light Blue means (T) Regulatory approvals received. Not under construction, and Green is (P) Planned for installation, but regulatory approvals not initiated.

11/8/23 - UPDATED with September 2023 DATA This is an interactive map, so make sure to Zoom in to see the exact location of proposed solar farm, and click the balloon to get the full data reported to the Energy Information Agency.

Data Source: Energy Information Agency, Preliminary Monthly Electricity Generator Facilities EIA-860M, Released October 2023. Get the data: eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860m

Orth America Land Data Assimilation System Daily Sunlight 1979-2011

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The North America Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS) Daily Sunlight data available on CDC WONDER are county-level daily sunlight (insolation or solar radiation) observations spanning the years 1979-2011. Reported measures are the average daily insolation, reported in kilojoules per square meter (KJ/m2), the number of observations, and the range for the daily insolation values. Data are available by place (combined 48 contiguous states plus the District of Columbia, region, division, state, county), time (year, month, day) and specified daily sunlight value.

https://wonder.cdc.gov/wonder/help/Insolation.html