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New York power
Generates renewable electricity from sunlight, supporting New York communities and producing enough electricity for about 370 homes for a year.*
Air quality & health in Orange County
Orange County has a population of 407,470. Across five conditions the American Lung Association tracks — childhood asthma, adult asthma, COPD, lung cancer, and cardiovascular disease — it reports a combined 78,693 cases in the county.
No ozone grade is available for the county in the most recent report. For particle pollution — the fine soot and dust that can be breathed deep into the lungs — it received a grade of B.
Federal monitoring recorded 228 days of good air quality and 38 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
McCarthy Solar is one of 567 solar plants in New York, and it ranks #269 of 567 by the electricity it produced in 2024. It sits on Round Hill Road in Blooming Grove, in Orange County, and began operating in 2021.
The plant uses solar photovoltaic technology, meaning panels that turn sunlight directly into electricity with no moving parts. Its 2.0 MW of capacity (a megawatt is a measure of the most power it can deliver at one moment) is spread across a single generator. In 2024 it produced 3.7 gigawatt-hours (a gigawatt-hour is a large block of electricity, roughly a million kilowatt-hours), enough to power about 370 homes. Orange & Rockland is the local utility.
Environmental impact
Produces electricity without burning fuel, which avoids roughly 1,400 metric tons of carbon dioxide a year compared with producing the same electricity from the national mix of power sources — about the same as not burning about 170,000 gallons of gasoline.*
Nearby places worth exploring
Blooming Grove sits in the Hudson Valley, a region known for West Point, Storm King Art Center, and Bear Mountain and Harriman state parks. Middletown, the county’s commercial hub, is the nearest larger town for shopping and dining.
Local school district
Washingtonville 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.
