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New York power
Produced 13.0 gigawatt-hours of electricity in 2024 — enough electricity for about 1,300 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 power plant
New York has 100 natural gas plants in this category, and Equinix – Elmsford, in Westchester County, ranks #77 of 100 by 2024 electricity produced. It is owned by Bloom Energy and sits on Fieldcrest Drive in Elmsford, in Con Edison territory.
The plant began operating in 2020 and has a capacity of 1.7 MW. That means it can supply 1.7 megawatts at once, a megawatt being a measure of how much power a plant can deliver at any moment. In 2024 it produced 13.0 gigawatt-hours, a gigawatt-hour being a way of counting electricity over time, which is about 1,300 homes’ worth of yearly use. It runs on natural gas through a single generator.
Generation profile
The plant can produce 2 megawatts of electricity at once, across 1 generating unit. In 2024 it produced 13.0 gigawatt-hours in total, which works out to about 87% of what it could have produced running flat out all year — the pattern of a plant that runs through much of the year.
Nearby places worth exploring
Elmsford sits in central Westchester, a short drive from the Hudson River towns of Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow. White Plains and Yonkers are the area’s larger urban centers. Rockefeller State Park Preserve and Playland amusement park in Rye are popular county destinations.
Local school district
Pocantico Hills 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.
