GENESEE COUNTY, N.Y. — With a key New York state approval in hand, the development team behind a $345 million, 280-megawatt solar farm in Genesee County will start construction in the fall.
Excelsior Energy Center LLC — an affiliate of Juno Beach, Fla.-based NextEra Energy Inc. — received approval April 6 from the New York state Board on Electric Generation Siting and the Environment. The company will develop the solar farm on 1,716 acres at 7271 Batavia-Byron Road in the Town of Byron.
It will be the largest private-sector investment in town history.
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