Cornell University's nyowani Sutton Road Solar Farm, 2-megawatt magetsi nzvimbo iyo inogadzirisa ingangoita 40 muzana yegore rinodiwa magetsi pa New York State Agricultural Experiment Station (NYSAES) muGeneva, New York, yakatanga kushanda zvizere Kubvumbi 13.
"Vaongorori vedu vari kuita tsvakiridzo yakakosha uye yakashandisa kuvandudza zvirimwa uye kuita kuti zvikwanise kushingirira kuzvirwere, kusanaya kwemvura uye zvakanyanya kukonzeresa mamiriro ekunze asina kugadzikana sezvatinoronga remangwana rekurima rekurima," akadaro Susan Brown, Goichman Family Director weNYSAES. “Muzvirongwa zvedu zvemichero nemiriwo tiri kudzidza nzira yakanakisa yekukohwa zuva, saka zvakangokodzera kuti simba rekushandisa maLab edu nemagreenhouses riite zvimwe chetezvo.”
Kuvakwa kwepurazi re solar, nzvimbo yemaeka gumi nemanomwe ine mapaneru ephotovoltaic 17 ari paSutton Road muSeneca, New York, kwakatanga chirimo chapfuura uye ipurojekiti yechipiri yeCornell yezuva rezuva. MunaGunyana 9,120, yunivhesiti yakavhura Cornell Snyder Road Solar Farm ine 2014 photovoltaic panels pane 6,778-acre plot inosangana neTompkins County Regional Airport muLansing, New York. Kuwedzera iyo itsva Geneva array kune yekubuda kwenzvimbo yeLansing, yunivhesiti ichagadzira maawa anosvika zviuru zvishanu nemazana manomwe emagetsi pagore.
"Kutama kubva gasi-inodzorwa nekudziya uye yemagetsi sisitimu kune simba rinowanikwazve kwakakosha kusangana neCornell uye New York mamiriro ehurumende ye decarbonizing simba," akadaro Bert Bland, akabatana mutevedzeri wemutungamiri wesimba uye kusimba muyunivhesiti yeInfrastructure, Properties and Planning division. .
MunaSeptember 2014, Gov. Andrew Cuomo akazivisa NY-Zuva mibairo yemapurojekiti makuru emagetsi ezuva achawedzera simba rezuva muhurumende neanopfuura 214 megawatts, kuwedzera kwe68 muzana pamusoro pehuwandu hwezuva rakaiswa. Iyo NY-Zuva Initiative yakaedza kuwedzera musika wesimba wesimba renyika kuti udzikise mutengo wetekinoroji.
The New York State Energy Kuongorora uye Kubudirira Chiremera inopa mibairo yeNY-Zuva, uye yakapa chikamu chimwe muzvitatu chemutengo mukuru wepurojekiti, nepo muvandudziri akazvimiririra Distributed Sun uye Building Energy Asset Management LLC ichava yavo nekushandisa Geneva array. Jeff Weiss '79 ndiye-sachigaro uye maneja director kuDistributed Sun. Cornell achatenga magetsi epurazi resolar kuburikidza nechibvumirano nekambani.
Kushandisa simba rezuva ndicho chimwe chezviito zvakawanda izvo yunivhesiti iri kutora kuderedza kabhoni yayo. Cornell's Senior Leader Climate Action Group akapomerwa mhosva yekuisa pamberi izvo zvichabatsira yunivhesiti kuti isarerekera kabhoni. Boka richaendesa kurudziro pamwe nemitengo yavanodyidzana naSept. 1.
- Blaine Friedlander, Cornell University