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New York power
Generates renewable electricity from sunlight, supporting New York communities and producing enough electricity for about 220 homes for a year.*
Air quality & health in Westchester County
Westchester County has a population of 990,817. Across five conditions the American Lung Association tracks — childhood asthma, adult asthma, COPD, lung cancer, and cardiovascular disease — it reports a combined 205,615 cases in the county.
The county received a grade of D for ozone pollution. No particle pollution grade is available.
Federal monitoring recorded 215 days of good air quality and 53 moderate days in the county over the most recent year, with 5 days rated unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Long-term exposure to air pollution has been linked to certain health conditions, particularly for children and older adults. Where electricity comes from affects how much combustion pollution is produced on the grid.
These figures describe the county as a whole and are not specific to this facility. Sources: American Lung Association – State of the Air (New York); U.S. EPA Air Quality Index.
The story behind this New York renewable energy facility
New York has 567 solar plants in this category, and CBP Solar in Buchanan, Westchester County, ranks #450 of 567 by 2024 electricity produced. It is owned by Powerflex and has been operating since 2018, delivering power into the Con Edison system.
It uses solar photovoltaic technology, which means panels that turn sunlight directly into electricity with no fuel burned. Its capacity is 1.8 MW, a megawatt being a measure of the most power a plant can deliver at one moment. In 2024 it produced 2.2 gigawatt-hours, a unit for large amounts of electricity over time, which is about 220 homes’ worth of yearly use.
Environmental impact
Produces electricity without burning fuel, which avoids roughly 860 metric tons of carbon dioxide a year compared with producing the same electricity from the national mix of power sources — about the same as not burning about 890,000 pounds of coal.*
Nearby places worth exploring
Buchanan sits on the Hudson River, close to the river towns of Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow. White Plains and Yonkers are the nearby urban centers. Rockefeller State Park Preserve and Playland amusement park in Rye are well-known county destinations.
Local school district
Hendrick Hudson Central School District
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* Homes-powered and emissions comparisons are annual estimates based on national averages from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. “Homes powered” describes a quantity of electricity, not direct service to specific households. How we calculate this.
