What you should know
- An area of Manhattan now boasts the largest rooftop solar panel in the county.
- The solar panel is located on the green roof of the Javits Center, which doubles as a habitat for the area’s wildlife, and has 1,400 solar panels that will be complemented by a 3.5 megawatt battery storage system.
- On the other hand, as part of Climate Week, Governor Kathy Hochul announced that four gigawatts of distributed solar power (community, residential, small commercial and industrial projects) have been installed statewide, enough to power more than 710,000 homes.
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NEW YORK – An area of Manhattan now boasts the largest rooftop solar panel in the county.
The solar panel is located on the green roof of the Javits Center, which doubles as a habitat for the area’s wildlife, and has 1,400 solar panels that will be complemented by a 3.5 megawatt battery storage system. The project is the result of a public-private partnership between the Javits Center, the New York Power Authority (NYPA) and Siemens Industry, Inc.
The system is the largest single-roof solar project and will include one of the largest-capacity batteries in Manhattan’s energy storage systems. The completion of the solar installation also coincides with a resumption of event activity at the Javits Center following the peak of the pandemic, when it served as an emergency field hospital treating nearly 1,100 New Yorkers and later as a vaccination site. which distributed more than 646,000 vaccines to New Yorkers in less than six months.
In August 2021, shortly after construction of the 1.2 million square foot Javits Center expansion completed and event operations resumed, 40 events were held in the expansion, known as Javits North. Business continues to grow, with 49 events booked at Manhattan’s iconic West Side venue from September to December 2022, up 14% over the same period in 2021.
A farm and greenhouse were also built on the one-acre roof, creating a roof-to-table experience for convention center guests. Under the rooftop event spaces is a four-level truck sorting facility that accommodates up to 200 tractor trailers at a time, reducing neighborhood congestion and pollution and improving traffic safety. All spaces are equipped with the most modern lighting, heating and cooling technologies and wireless connectivity. The expansion has been LEED Gold certified since United States Green Building Council.
On the other hand, as part of Climate Week, Governor Kathy Hochul announced that four gigawatts of distributed solar power (community, residential, small commercial and industrial projects) have been installed statewide, enough to power more than 710,000 homes. Since the launch of the NY-Sun initiative, the cost of solar energy in New York has fallen by 70%, as the implementation of solar energy has grown nearly 2,900% statewide, while also helping to generate $ 6 , 4 billion in private investment and promoting over 12,000 jobs across the country. condition.
New York seeks to install six gigawatts of distributed solar power by 2025 and go to 10 gigawatts by 2030.
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