New York officials announced a milestone for the state’s solar power sector, with Gov. Kathy Hochul saying more than 1 GW of community solar generation capacity has been installed across the region.
Hochul also said New York has the nation’s largest pipeline of community solar under construction, with more than 700 projects in the queue that could generate about 2.3 GW of power. The governor on March 22 said the state continues to progress toward meeting the goal of the state’s Leadership and Community Protection Act, known as the Climate Act, to generate 70% of New York’s electricity from renewable energy by 2030. The governor also has set a goal of having at least 10 GW of solar power generation installed by the end of the decade.
