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NYC firm to develop solar farm in Cambria and Pendleton
New York City firm wants to develop 100mw solar farm in Niagara County.
PENDLETON, N.Y. (WBEN)…..For the second time in recent months, out-of-town interests are proposing to develop a large scale solar farm.
In this case, Bear Ridge Solar LLC from Manhattan wants to develop a 100mw solar farm that would sit on 516 acres of former farm and green land along Comstock Road in both the Town of Cambria and Town of Pendleton.
Bear Ridge Solar will invest $220,624,371 in rhe project – making it the second largest solar farm investment, dwarfed only by AES Corp.'s $276 million project that was approved earlier this year in the Niagara County Town of Somerset.
Like the Somerset project, the Bear Ridge solar farm ties into the state's Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act that is pushing for more green energy initiatives.
The 100 mw solar farm, could, potentially supply power to more than 60,000 homes and businesses.
The line would connect to National Grid's 115kv Lockport -Mountain (Road) transmission line.
Bear Ridge Solar is seeking a 20-year payment-in-lieu-of-taxes package from the Niagara County Industrial Development Agency, whose directors will begin their review during the agency's May 13 board of directors meeting.
Bear Ridge Solar is proposing an $11.3 million PILOT package to both Cambria and Pendleton.
NYC firm to develop solar farm in Cambria and Pendleton

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