New York power

Generates renewable electricity from sunlight, supporting New York communities and producing enough electricity for about 280 homes for a year.*

Air quality & health in Nassau County

Nassau County has a population of 1,381,715. Across five conditions the American Lung Association tracks — childhood asthma, adult asthma, COPD, lung cancer, and cardiovascular disease — it reports a combined 287,550 cases in the county.

Federal monitoring recorded 1 days of good air quality and 0 moderate days in the county over the most recent year, with 0 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 Cedar Creek PV in Seaford ranks #394 of 567 by 2024 electricity produced. It sits on Merrick Road in Nassau County and has been operating since 2017. Its solar photovoltaic technology, meaning panels that turn sunlight directly into electricity, has a capacity of 1.8 MW, which is the most power it can deliver at one moment.

Over 2024, the plant produced 2.8 gigawatt-hours, a gigawatt-hour being a very large unit of electricity, and that is about 280 homes’ worth of electricity for a year. It runs on sunlight, so it produces carbon-free power. AES Distributed Energy owns it, and the power reaches customers through PSEG Long Island.

Environmental impact

Produces electricity without burning fuel, which avoids roughly 1,100 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 using about 2,600 barrels of oil.*

Nearby places worth exploring

Seaford sits on Long Island’s South Shore, close to Jones Beach State Park and the city of Long Beach along the Atlantic coast. Elsewhere in Nassau County, Old Westbury Gardens and Hofstra University are well-known places to visit.

Local school district

Wantagh Union Free 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.