New York power

Generates renewable electricity from sunlight, supporting New York communities and producing enough electricity for about 880 homes for a year.*

Air quality & health in Greene County

Greene County has a population of 47,062. Across five conditions the American Lung Association tracks — childhood asthma, adult asthma, COPD, lung cancer, and cardiovascular disease — it reports a combined 10,629 cases in the county.

No ozone or particle pollution grades are available for this county in the most recent report. The figures above describe how many residents live with conditions sensitive to air quality — not measured pollution levels.

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

Of the 567 solar plants in New York in this category, DOCCS Greene in Coxsackie ranks #36 by electricity produced in 2024. It’s a solar photovoltaic plant, meaning panels that turn sunlight directly into electricity, and it began operating in 2022.

Its capacity is 5.0 MW, which is the most power it can deliver at any one moment. Over the year it produced 8.8 gigawatt-hours, a unit for large amounts of electricity, enough to power about 880 homes. That’s roughly 20 percent of what it could make if the sun shone at full strength around the clock, which is typical for a solar plant.

Environmental impact

Produces electricity without burning fuel, which avoids roughly 3,400 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 3,500 acres of forest in a year.*

Nearby places worth exploring

Coxsackie sits on the Hudson River in Greene County, and the nearby river villages of Catskill and Athens are pleasant places to stroll. To the west, the northern Catskills offer Hunter Mountain and Windham Mountain ski resorts, along with Kaaterskill Falls.

Local school district

Coxsackie-Athens 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.