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New York power
Generates renewable electricity from sunlight, supporting New York communities and producing enough electricity for about 360 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
New York has 567 solar plants in this category, and Mount Hope West, on Route 211 in Orange County, sits right in the middle of the pack, ranking #283 by 2024 electricity produced. It is owned by Mount Hope Solar 2 LLC and has been operating since 2020. It uses solar photovoltaic technology, which means panels that turn sunlight directly into electricity with no moving parts or fuel.
Its capacity is 1.9 MW, a megawatt being a measure of the most power a plant can deliver at one moment. Over the year it produced 3.6 gigawatt-hours, a gigawatt-hour being a large amount of electricity used over time, enough to supply about 360 homes. Its power flows to the Orange & Rockland system.
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 the carbon absorbed by about 1,400 acres of forest in a year.*
Nearby places worth exploring
Mount Hope 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
Minisink Valley 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.
