Officials give final go-ahead for grid-boosting energy project: 'Brings us one step closer'

Officials give final go-ahead for grid-boosting energy project: 'Brings us one step closer'

A new solar farm has been approved in New York state, contributing 140 megawatts of clean, renewable energy to the state's power grid. The New York State Office of Renewable Energy Siting and Electric Transmission issued a final permit to Cypress Renewables to develop and operate the project, called Oxbow Hill Solar, according to the Observer-Dispatch. Located in Madison County, the facility will offset over 177,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide…