Mahadum Cornell ọhụrụ Sutton Road Solar Farm, ụlọ ọrụ ike 2-megawatt ga-ewepụ ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ pasenti 40 nke ọkụ eletrik a na-achọ kwa afọ na Ọdụ Nnwale Ugbo Steeti New York (NYSAES) na Geneva, New York, malitere ịrụ ọrụ nke ọma Eprel 13.
"Ndị na-eme nchọpụta anyị na-eme nchọpụta bụ isi ma tinye ya n'ọrụ iji meziwanye ihe ọkụkụ na-eme ka ha nwee ike ịnagide ọrịa, ụkọ mmiri ozuzo na mmetụta kachasị njọ nke ọnọdụ ihu igwe na-ejighị n'aka ka anyị na-akọwa ọdịnihu ọrụ ugbo na-adịgide adịgide," ka Susan Brown, Onye isi ezinụlọ Goichman nke NYSAES kwuru. "N'ime mmemme mkpụrụ osisi na akwụkwọ nri anyị na-amụ ụzọ kacha mma isi weta anyanwụ, yabụ na ọ dabara na ike na-enye ụlọ nyocha na ụlọ griin haus ga-eme otu ihe ahụ."
Owuwu nke ugbo anyanwụ, ihe owuwu dị acre 17 na-egosipụta ogwe fotovoltaic 9,120 dị na Sutton Road na Seneca, New York, malitere n'oge opupu ihe ubi gara aga ma bụrụ ọrụ ike anyanwụ nke megawatt nke abụọ nke Cornell. Na Septemba 2014, mahadum mepere Cornell Snyder Road Solar Farm nwere ogwe fotovoltaic 6,778 na ala 11-acre nke jikọtara ọdụ ụgbọ elu mpaghara Tompkins County na Lansing, New York. Na-agbakwụnye usoro Geneva ọhụrụ na mmepụta ụlọ ọrụ Lansing, mahadum ahụ ga-emepụta ihe dị ka elekere 5,700 nke ọkụ eletrik kwa afọ.
"Ịkwaga site na ikuku gas na-achịkwa usoro kpo oku na ọkụ eletrik na ume ọhụrụ dị mkpa iji zute ihe mgbaru ọsọ Cornell na New York steeti nke decarbonizing ume," ka Bert Bland, onye osote onye isi oche maka ume na nkwado na ngalaba nke akụrụngwa, Properties na Planning nke mahadum kwuru. .
Na Septemba 2014, Gọvanọ Andrew Cuomo kwupụtara onyinye NY-Sun maka nnukwu ọrụ eletriki eletrik nke ga-eme ka ike ike anyanwụ dịkwuo elu na steeti site na ihe karịrị 214 megawatts, pasent 68 na-abawanye karịa ọnụ ọgụgụ nke anyanwụ arụnyere. NY-Sun Initiative gbalịsiri ike ịgbasa ahịa ike mmeghari ohuru nke steeti iji wedata ọnụ ahịa teknụzụ.
The Òtù Na-ahụ Maka Nyocha na Ọganihu nke United States na-ahụ maka ihe nrite NY-Sun, o nyere ihe dị ka otu ụzọ n'ụzọ atọ nke ọnụ ahịa isi ụlọ ọrụ ahụ, ebe onye nrụpụta onwe ya Distributed Sun na Building Energy Asset Management LLC ga-enwe ma rụọ ọrụ usoro Geneva. Jeff Weiss '79 bụ onye isi oche na onye isi njikwa na Distributed Sun. Cornell ga-azụta ọkụ eletrik nke ugbo anyanwụ site na nkwekọrịta ya na ụlọ ọrụ ahụ.
Itinye n'ọrụ ike anyanwụ bụ naanị otu n'ime ọtụtụ ihe mahadum na-eme iji belata akara ukwu carbon ya. E bola Cornell's Senior Leader Climate Action Group ebubo ibu ụzọ bute ụzọ ga-enyere mahadum aka ịnọpụ iche carbon. Otu a ga-enye ndụmọdụ na ụgwọ ha jikọtara ya na Septemba 1.
- Blaine Friedlander, Mahadum Cornell