Renewable Properties announced it has completed the 3.5-MWDC Clemons Road community solar project in the Village of Minoa, New York. In partnership with the Village and Ampion, Renewable Properties’ subscriber manager, nearly 100 Minoa residents subscribed to the program, accounting for 20% of the community solar project’s subscribers.
Renewable Properties, the project’s owner, organized a ribbon cutting ceremony and educational project tour on November 19, 2024, at the Clemons Road project site. William F. Brazil, Mayor of the Village of Minoa, and other area dignitaries joined executives from Renewable Properties, Ampion, and United Renewable Energy (URE), the project’s construction partner, for the ribbon cutting event.
The mayor of Minoa, William F. Brazill, encouraged the solar project to be built in Minoa and urged residents to subscribe, providing the community information on the project as well as incentives to sign up. Mayor Brazill also ensured that Minoa residents were offered the first opportunity to subscribe to the project before it was opened up to those outside the town.
“As mayor, my goals include saving money for our community and making Minoa more sustainable,” said Brazill. “This project achieves both goals by helping community members save on power bills while increasing the supply of local renewable energy. The project’s economic and environmental benefits will strengthen our community. This solar project is located in Minoa and is for Minoa.”
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Ampion, a New England-based company that manages subscriptions and revenue for community solar projects, helped acquire the project’s subscribers and will manage them for Renewable Properties throughout the lifecycle of the project.
United Renewable Energy (URE) served as the solar projects’ engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) firm. Construction began on June 15, 2023, and was completed on July 17, 2024. William Silva, URE’s founder and CEO, also attended the ribbon cutting and participated in an educational tour of the facility.
“I am especially proud of this project,” said Silva. “Like every Renewable Properties project, we built it the with the support of local workers and businesses. As a native upstate New Yorker, I love seeing the benefits of highly cost-effective community solar deployed locally to the benefit of Central New Yorkers.”
NYSERDA incentives through the NY-Sun Commercial & Industrial Megawatt Block Program and Community Adder facilitated the project.
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