Project Overview
The Alabama Solar Park will be located in northwestern Genesee County, New York with a focus in the Town of Alabama and adjacent properties in surrounding towns. The fence around the solar panels is anticipated to be approximately 940 acres. The solar park will complement the area’s agricultural resources, providing farmers with a stable, drought-resistant cash crop in the form of landowner lease payments.
Energy Output
Alabama Solar Park will have an installed capacity of 133 megawatts (MW). Alabama's generation is equivalent to the consumption of more than 40,000 New York homes.
Benefits
Community
Alabama Solar Park yields significant economic benefits to the community in the form of payments to landowners, local spending, and annual community investment.
Alabama Solar represents a capital investment of $117 million. The project will create approximately 250 full-time equivalent jobs during construction and 4 permanent jobs during the life of the project.
Environment
Alabama Solar Park will save more than 231 million gallons of water each year and displaces carbon emissions from fossil fuel power plants, a major contributor to climate change. Solar energy also enhances air quality by helping to mitigate the health effects of harmful air pollutants.
Landowners
Alabama Solar Park will be compatible with other land uses and will provide a stable form of income to local landowners Millions of dollars will be paid to local landowners through the life of the project.
National Security
Alabama Solar Park will contribute to the United States' energy security and help diversify our nation's energy supply.
Technology
Solar Panels
Alabama Solar Park will consist of approximately 940 acres of solar panels. Solar cells have no moving parts and convert sunlight directly into electricity via the photoelectric effect. This direct-current electricity is then collected, transformed into alternating-current, and finally enters the electrical grid through a substation after being converted to the proper voltage.
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