Three New Solar Farms
Overview
The university formally opened three additional solar farms in December that will generate large amounts of electricity and help the campus achieve its carbon neutrality goals.
With three new solar farms, Cornell skims energy from the sun
Project schedule
Completed December, 2016
Project statistics
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4 MW |
Musgrave farm installed solar electrical generation capacity. |
| 3% | Amount of Ithaca campus electrical energy offset by this project. |
| 656 | Equivalent number of houses that could be powered by this project. |
| 2035 | Year Cornell University is striving to achieve carbon neutrality. |
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10 MW |
Total amount of installed solar capacity ton Cornell lands by 2017 at four different locations in NYS. |