Solar Farms New York

Employee Size

2-10

Organization Type

Privately Held

Headquarters

Albany, NY

Solar Farms New York develops community solar farms across New York, giving renters, homeowners and businesses access to solar power without installing rooftop panels. Serving customers of NYSEG, National Grid and Central Hudson, the company applies solar credits directly to utility bills and guarantees a 5% discount on those credits. Its farms have enrolled more than 26,000 New York households and generated over $2 million in savings.

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• G&S SolarBorn from a real estate developer’s effort to cut tenants’ electricity costs, G&S Solar has designed and built turnkey solar arrays for commercial, industrial, and government clients since 2009. The vertically integrated company handles projects from engineering and construction through operations and maintenance, often through no-cost arrangements for property owners. G&S has completed more than 150 projects and deployed over half a billion dollars in capital, including a 10-megawatt rooftop array in Wharton, New Jersey.NEW YORK, NY
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