NYSERDA has awarded Swift Present Vitality’s Mineral Basin Photo voltaic challenge a 20-year energy contract as a part of New York’s state funding in renewable power.
The 402 MW AC challenge, in Clearfield County, Pa., is the most important photo voltaic facility in Pennsylvania and one of many largest photo voltaic services within the U.S. to be sited on former mine land. Development of the challenge may start as quickly as subsequent summer season and is scheduled to be on-line by the second half of 2026. Swift Present is about to stay the long-term proprietor and operator of the photo voltaic plant.
“Clearfield County and Goshen and Girard Townships have contributed to the power financial system within the type of coal mining for generations,” says Eric Lammers, Swift Present Vitality co-founder and CEO.
“The event, building and operation of the Mineral Basin Photo voltaic challenge will proceed the neighborhood’s management in power manufacturing and present how former mine websites may be innovatively repurposed at scale for a brand new and restorative objective within the nation’s power panorama.”
The development of Mineral Basin Photo voltaic will create greater than 450 direct full-time building jobs. Greenhouse gasoline emissions averted on account of this photo voltaic challenge is about to be equal to eradicating 110,000 gas-powered vehicles from the street every year.
Swift Present has partnered with Clearfield County Profession and Expertise Middle and Clearly Forward Improvement to develop renewable power workforce coaching alternatives. Moreover, Mineral Basin Photo voltaic can also be participating the communities served by the Southern Tier West Regional Planning and Improvement Board in western New York.
Mineral Basin Photo voltaic is the most important land-based power challenge to be chosen as part of NYSERDA’s aggressive solicitation.
