New York power

Generates renewable electricity from sunlight, supporting New York communities and producing enough electricity for about 400 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 Eddy, in Williamson, Wayne County, ranks #260 of 567 by 2024 electricity produced. It’s a solar photovoltaic plant, meaning panels that turn sunlight directly into electricity, with a capacity of 2.3 MW. A megawatt (MW) is a measure of how much power a plant can deliver at one moment.

Eddy began operating in 2023 and is owned by Generate Capital. It produced 4.0 gigawatt-hours of electricity, enough to supply about 400 homes. A gigawatt-hour is a way of counting a large amount of electricity over time. Solar generation is carbon-free, and the plant connects to the grid served by RG&E.

Environmental impact

Produces electricity without burning fuel, which avoids roughly 1,500 metric tons of carbon dioxide a year compared with producing the same electricity from the national mix of power sources — about the same as the carbon absorbed by about 1,600 acres of forest in a year.*

Nearby places worth exploring

Williamson sits in Wayne County, not far from the Lake Ontario shoreline. Chimney Bluffs State Park is a popular lakeside stop, and the Erie Canal villages of Palmyra and Lyons are close by, set amid apple orchard country.

Local school district

Marion 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.