KML Maps: Operating and Under Construction Industrial Solar Facilties in New York State - April 2021

About Operating and Under Construction Industrial Solar Facilties in New York State - April 2021 ....

This interactive map shows currently operating (green), under construction more then 50% complete (yellow), under construction less then 50% complete (red) industrial solar facilities (multi-acre, 1+ MW nameplate) in New York State as of April 2021, as reported by the Energy Information Agency as of June 24, 2021 -- there is a two month lag in the data for compilation and error checking.

Data Source: Energy Information Agency, Preliminary Monthly Electricity Generator Facilities EIA-860M, Released June 24, 2021. Get the data: eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860m

Helpful Hint: While I suggest you look on blog for a downloadable PDF Map, you should be able to print or save this map by clicking the print button on the map above.

Data Sources

Operating and Under Construction Industrial Solar Facilties in New York State - April 2021 - You can download the KMZ File used in creation of this map.

3DEP Elevation Hillshade. LIDAR and legacy USGS DRG Topo Derived hillshades used as a background. DEM - WMS Service: https://elevation.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/services/3DEPElevation/ImageServer/WMSServer, Layer: 3DEPElevation:Hillshade Gray

Full List of WMS and ArcMap Services - CSV Spreadsheet with all web map services currently used on the blog.

More about 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.

Maps and Interactives

Shepards Solar Farm
Hancock Shaker Village Surrounded by Industrial Solar Facilities
DG Bethlehem Solar West – A One Megawatt Industrial Solar Facility
Coeymans Solar Farm
Borrega / South Westerlo Solar Farm
Bogart Road Solar Farm
Bethlehem Solar Farm and Albany’s South End

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