ʻO Sutton Road Solar Farm hou o Cornell University, kahi hale ikehu 2-megawatt e hoʻopau i kahi kokoke i 40 pakeneka o ka koi uila makahiki ma ka Ke kahua hoʻokolohua mahiʻai mokuʻāina ʻo New York (NYSAES) ma Geneva, New York, ua hoʻohana piha ʻia ʻApelila 13.
"Ke alakaʻi nei kā mākou mau mea noiʻi i ka noiʻi maʻamau a noiʻi e hoʻomaikaʻi i nā mea kanu a hoʻoikaika iā lākou i ka maʻi, ka maloʻo a me nā hopena maikaʻi loa o kahi ʻano ʻike ʻole ʻia ʻoiai mākou e kiʻi nei i kahi ʻoihana mahiʻai e hiki mai ana," wahi a Susan Brown, ka Luna Hoʻokele ʻohana Goichman o NYSAES. "Ma loko o kā mākou papahana huaʻai a me nā mea kanu ke aʻo nei mākou i ke ala maikaʻi loa e hōʻiliʻili ai i ka lā, no laila he mea kūpono ke hana like ka ikehu e hoʻohana ana i kā mākou labs a me nā hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo."
ʻO ke kūkulu ʻana i ka mahiʻai lā, he hale 17-ʻeka me 9,120 photovoltaic panels ma waho o ke alanui Sutton ma Seneca, New York, i hoʻomaka i ka pūnāwai i hala a ʻo ia ka lua o ka papahana megawatt-scale solar a Cornell. I Kepakemapa 2014, ua wehe ke kulanui i ka Cornell Snyder Road Solar Farm me 6,778 photovoltaic panels ma kahi ʻāpana 11-acre e pili ana i ke kahua mokulele ʻo Tompkins County Regional ma Lansing, New York. I ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka pūʻulu Geneva hou i ka huahana o Lansing, e hana ke kulanui ma kahi o 5,700 megawatt-hola o ka uila i kēlā me kēia makahiki.
"ʻO ka neʻe ʻana mai ke kinoea hoʻomehana honua a me ka ʻōnaehana uila i ka ikehu hou e pono ai e hālāwai me Cornell a me New York mokuʻāina i ka pahuhopu o ka decarbonizing ikehu," wahi a Bert Bland, hope pelekikena hui no ka ikehu a me ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka ʻāpana Infrastructure, Properties a me Planning. .
I Kepakemapa 2014, ua hoʻolaha ʻo Gov. Andrew Cuomo i nā makana NY-Sun no nā papahana uila nui o ka lā e hoʻonui ai i ka mana ikehu o ka lā ma ka mokuʻāina ma mua o 214 megawatts, he 68 pakeneka ka piʻi ʻana ma luna o ka nui o ka lā i kau ʻia. Ua hoʻoikaika ka NY-Sun Initiative e hoʻonui i ka mākeke ikehu hou o ka moku'āina e hoʻemi i nā kumukūʻai o ka ʻenehana.
ka Ke Mana Waiwai Hoʻonaʻauao Manaʻo o New York State lawelawe ʻo ia i nā makana NY-Sun, a ua hāʻawi ʻo ia ma kahi o ka hapakolu o ke kumukūʻai kumulāʻau o ka papahana, ʻoiai ʻo ka mea hoʻomohala pilikino ʻo Distributed Sun and Building Energy Asset Management LLC e loaʻa a hoʻohana i ka array Geneva. ʻO Jeff Weiss '79 ka luna hoʻomalu a me ka luna hoʻokele ma Distributed Sun. E kūʻai ʻo Cornell i ka uila o ka māla lā ma o ka ʻaelike me ka hui.
ʻO ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka mana o ka lā kekahi o nā hana a ke kulanui e hoʻemi ai i kona kapuaʻi kalapona. Ua hoʻopiʻi ʻia ʻo Cornell's Senior Leader Climate Action Group i ka hana mua ʻana e kōkua i ke kulanui e lilo i carbon neutral. E hoʻouna ka hui i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo a me kā lākou mau kumukūʻai e pili ana i ka lā Sept.
- ʻO Blaine Friedlander, Ke Kulanui ʻo Cornell