BNL - LIPA Solar Farm

(Upton, NY)- Officials from the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA), BP Solar International, Inc. (BP Solar), Brookhaven National Laboratory and a host of government officials and environmental leaders today celebrated the completion and commissioning of the Long Island Solar Farm (LISF) Project. Owned by BP Solar and Met Life, the LISF installation is part of the largest solar energy project in the state of New York, the largest photovoltaic array in the eastern U.S., and among the largest in the nation constructed on federal property. The 32-megawatt (MW) LISF, which is made up of 164,312 solar panels hosted at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, also boasts the smallest footprint for a solar array of its output, further solidifying Long Island as a national leader in clean, renewable energy.

"I am pleased with the collaboration between the Long Island Power Authority and Brookhaven National Lab," Senator Kenneth P. LaValle said. "The blueprint for our nation's energy future -- green energy -- and the jobs and new businesses it will create is being tested and implemented right here in the First Senate District."

Co-owned by BP Solar and MetLife through Long Island Solar Farm LLC, LISF will introduce approximately 50 gigawatt-hours per year of clean, Long Island-based renewable energy into LIPA's electric grid. This amount of solar energy is equivalent to the electrical consumption of roughly 4,500 households. Additionally, the project will cause the abatement of more than 30,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions per year as well as substantial amounts of other pollutants such as nitrogen oxide (NOX) and sulfur dioxide (SOX). These environmental benefits, combined with a thoughtful and comprehensive stakeholder engagement approach, helped the project earn the Best Photovoltaic Project of Year Award from the New York Solar Energy Industries Association (NYSEIA), further illustrating that the LISF project sets the gold standard for innovative, sustainable development.

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[LATQueens]

@comeonmakemyday Hopefully this decade will lead to faster progression of solar, and by 2020 it will be a NY standard.

[comeonmakemyday]

This is the way the whole country should go. We should rid ourselves of our dependency on polluting and environmentally harmful energy sources. I might add that wind power is a very BAD idea in that it disrupts nature in ways not understood by most people, including environmentalists.

[chorianopoulos2002]

Thanks Ali, very much appreciated.