Cayuga Solar

Congratulations to Tompkins County, NY and the City of Ithaca, New York for being recognized by Governor Andrew Cuomo as certified climate smart communities in New York State!

Jerry Goodenough, Vice President of Development for Cayuga Operating Company, and State Senator Pam Helming discuss the land to be utilized for the Cayuga Solar project.

We had a vision to maintain Cayuga as a critical part of the state's energy grid. What we saw here was not just an old coal plant, but the opportunity to create something more.

Cayuga Solar will work with Lansing School District and Tompkins Cortland Community College about incorporating operation of the solar farm into the school curriculum.

Cayuga Operating Plant was one of just four facilities in the United States highlighted by the Solar Energy Industry Association as being feasible for such a project to take place.

This project will create an estimated 150 construction jobs and begin to decrease our region’s reliance on conventional sources of energy. The fact that this solar farm is being built at an existing coal plant represents a growing commitment by Cayuga to transition towards cleaner energy.

Thanks to renewable power subsidies adopted last year by state regulators, the Cayuga solar farm is one of roughly three dozen large solar installations around the state that have sought permission to tie into the power grid.

The co-location of a large-scale solar farm with an existing coal plant represents the energy transition underway in New York and across the United States.

Cayuga Solar is expected to generate enough energy to power more than 3,000 homes

The Cayuga Operating Company announcing plans to build one of the state's largest solar farms at its 434 acre site in the Town of Lansing.

Cayuga Operating Company applauds Governor Andrew Cuomo's release of clean energy solicitations for over 2.5 million megawatt hours of electricity from clean energy sources.

Anytime investments are made to reduce carbon emissions, it is a win for the economic viability of our region and a benefit to the environment.

Cayuga Operating Company announces a new solar farm in Tompkins County #CayugaSolar Video Credit: Spectrum News Southern Tier