Rapidly changing energy landscape: NY solar up nearly five times in 2015 alone
Just in time for Earth Day, Con Edison is showcasing how its customers now generate more than 100 megawatts of clean, renewable power with solar panels on roofs in New York City and Westchester County.
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New York City. Credit: Bill Longshaw/freedigitalphotos.net |
Customers in the five boroughs and Westchester have completed
8,415 solar projects atop houses, condo buildings, skyscrapers
and expansive warehouses, generating 105.4 megawatts -- enough
to power about 16,000 homes annually.
It's an accomplishment worth noting for Con Edison customers,
the utility and public-sector partners that have worked to
create a vibrant solar market in the New York City area.
Especially when, as recently as the end of 2010, the amount of
solar generation in New York City and Westchester was only 8.5
megawatts. The pace has accelerated dramatically since then and
customers installed nearly 35 megawatts of production in 2015
alone.
"The energy landscape is changing rapidly as customers seek out
clean energy options and ways to lower their bills," said Craig
S. Ivey, president of Con Edison. "We want to be at the
forefront of our industry's efforts to provide customers with
the choices and savings they want. We support policies that make
solar energy accessible and that are fair to all our customers."
Con Edison tries to make the interconnection process as easy and
quick as possible for customers who choose solar and does not
require an engineering review for systems under 25 kilowatts.
Further, the utility contributed technical support for the creation of the New York City solar map, which shows the solar potential for every building in the city.
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