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New York power
Generates renewable electricity from sunlight, supporting New York communities and producing enough electricity for about 180 homes for a year.*
Air quality & health in Dutchess County
Dutchess County has a population of 297,150. Across five conditions the American Lung Association tracks — childhood asthma, adult asthma, COPD, lung cancer, and cardiovascular disease — it reports a combined 62,789 cases in the county.
Federal monitoring recorded 252 days of good air quality and 17 moderate days in the county over the most recent year, with 3 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 the one at Millbrook School in Dutchess County ranks #484 of 567 by electricity produced in 2024. Tesla Inc. owns it, and it feeds the Central Hudson utility’s local grid.
The plant uses solar photovoltaic technology, meaning panels that turn sunlight directly into electricity. It began operating in 2015 and produced 1.8 gigawatt-hours in 2024, a gigawatt-hour being a very large unit of electricity, roughly enough for about 180 homes. Its capacity is 1.4 MW, a megawatt being the most power it can deliver at one moment.
Environmental impact
Produces electricity without burning fuel, which avoids roughly 690 metric tons of carbon dioxide a year compared with producing the same electricity from the national mix of power sources — about the same as keeping about 270 tons of waste out of a landfill.*
Nearby places worth exploring
Millbrook sits in Dutchess County’s Hudson Valley. Poughkeepsie is home to Vassar College and Marist College, along with the Walkway Over the Hudson pedestrian bridge. Beacon, along the river, has the Dia Beacon art museum.
Local school district
Millbrook 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.
