NYPA funds new solar power initiatives in Westchester.The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Power Authority (NYPA) announced that $525,000 in funding will be provided to install solar power systems at seven Westchester County sites. "New York State, during Governor George E. Pataki's tenure, has led the nation in promoting new and alternative sources that help protect and enhance the quality of our environment," NYPA Chairman Frank S. McCullough, Jr. said. "These new projects will continue to demonstrate that solar power can be a practical and environmentally beneficial way to meet the electric needs of public buildings and reduce our petroleum dependency." The solar power units will be installed at public facilities in the Town of Cortlandt, the Village of Croton-on Hudson, the Village of Larchmont and the City of New Rochelle New Rochelle (rōshĕl`), city (1990 pop. 67,625), Westchester co., SE N.Y., on Long Island Sound; settled by Huguenots 1688, inc. as a village 1858, as a city 1899. and at facilities in the Irvington and Edgemont School Districts and at Westchester Community College Westchester Community College is a public, two-year college sponsored by Westchester County, New York and SUNY. The 364-acre main campus is built on the former estate of John A. in Valhalla. Each of the entities will receive $75,000 to finance installation of rooftop photovoltaic The generation of voltage by a material that is exposed to light in the visible and invisible ranges. See photoelectric and photovoltaic cell. solar power arrays. The units, to be installed with NYPA's assistance, will each produce about 6 kilowatts of electricity--enough power to supply about two average-sized homes. To date, the Power Authority has installed about 25 solar photovoltaic projects at various locations in New York State, including one of the world's largest arrays at the Gun Hill Bus Depot in the Bronx. The list also includes solar projects at such Westchester County locations as NYPA's own headquarters building in White Plains, the County Medical Center Laboratory and Research Building in Valhalla, the Southern Westchester BOCES BOCES Board Of Cooperative Educational Services Center for Career Services, also in Valhalla, the County Wastewater Treatment Plant Wastewater treatment plant also called wastewater treatment works
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