CleanCapital introduced the business operation of its latest photo voltaic venture situated in downtown Buffalo, New York. The three.59-MW Elk Road photo voltaic venture illustrates CleanCapital’s brownfield improvement experience and the corporate’s ongoing dedication to distributed power era and the revitalization of underutilized land.
Located simply north of the Buffalo River on an 11-acre website previously used as a part of an ExxonMobil tank farm, the photo voltaic venture transforms a capped and lined brownfield adjoining to a water therapy facility right into a productive power asset for the Metropolis of Buffalo. The location will ship reasonably priced photo voltaic power to native residents—together with low- and moderate-income households — by means of Nationwide Grid’s Expanded Photo voltaic for All (E-SFA) program.
The Elk Road Photo voltaic venture is a part of CleanCapital’s West Elk Fork (WEF) portfolio, becoming a member of two different New York-based initiatives — West Shore in West Park and Fork within the Street in Milan. All three initiatives present renewable power to Nationwide Grid prospects, enhancing grid reliability, stabilizing power pricing and increasing entry to neighborhood photo voltaic throughout New York.
“CleanCapital is happy to deliver the Elk Road Photo voltaic venture on-line and to proceed our funding in distributed era and brownfield improvement,” mentioned Paul Curran, chief improvement officer at CleanCapital. “This venture exemplifies how photo voltaic power could make an area impression for communities, assist grid resiliency and ship actual advantages to residents of Buffalo.”
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