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New York power
Generates renewable electricity from sunlight, supporting New York communities and producing enough electricity for about 620 homes for a year.*
Air quality & health in Niagara County
Niagara County has a population of 209,457. Across five conditions the American Lung Association tracks — childhood asthma, adult asthma, COPD, lung cancer, and cardiovascular disease — it reports a combined 44,812 cases in the county.
The county received a grade of B for ozone pollution. No particle pollution grade is available.
Federal monitoring recorded 240 days of good air quality and 21 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 the Wheatfield solar plant in Sanborn, Niagara County, ranks #187 of 567 by 2024 electricity produced. It uses solar photovoltaic technology, meaning panels that turn sunlight directly into electricity, and began operating in 2023.
Its rated size is 4.0 MW, a megawatt being a measure of how much power a plant can deliver at one moment. Over a year it produced 6.2 gigawatt-hours, a gigawatt-hour being a large unit for counting electricity over time, which is about 620 homes. It feeds the National Grid system, and the sunlight it uses is carbon-free.
Environmental impact
Produces electricity without burning fuel, which avoids roughly 2,400 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 280,000 gallons of gasoline.*
Nearby places worth exploring
Sanborn sits in Niagara County, a short drive from Niagara Falls State Park and the river gorge. Nearby, the village of Lewiston and Fort Niagara State Park sit where the river meets Lake Ontario.
Local school district
Starpoint 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.
