New York power

Generates renewable electricity from sunlight, supporting New York communities and producing enough electricity for about 250 homes for a year.*

Air quality & health in Wayne County

Wayne County has a population of 90,829. Across five conditions the American Lung Association tracks — childhood asthma, adult asthma, COPD, lung cancer, and cardiovascular disease — it reports a combined 19,472 cases in the county.

The county received a grade of C for ozone pollution. No particle pollution grade is available.

Federal monitoring recorded 251 days of good air quality and 13 moderate days in the county over the most recent year, with 1 day 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 the Macedon solar farm in Wayne County ranks #424 of 567 by the electricity it produced in 2024. It has been running since 2019 and is owned by Solar Planet Power.

Its panels turn sunlight directly into electricity, which is what “solar photovoltaic” means. Last year it generated 2.5 gigawatt-hours, a gigawatt-hour being a very large unit of electricity, and that is enough to power about 250 homes. Its capacity is 2.0 MW, a megawatt being the most power it can deliver at one moment.

Environmental impact

Produces electricity without burning fuel, which avoids roughly 960 metric tons of carbon dioxide a year compared with producing the same electricity from the national mix of power sources — about the same as keeping about 370 tons of waste out of a landfill.*

Nearby places worth exploring

Macedon sits in Wayne County, close to the Lake Ontario shoreline and Chimney Bluffs State Park. The Erie Canal villages of Palmyra and Lyons are nearby too, set amid apple orchard country.

Local school district

Palmyra-Macedon Central School District

Common questions

* 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.