Catalyze – a clean energy transition company that finances, builds, owns and operates solar, battery storage and electric vehicle charging systems for commercial and industrial customers – recently held a ribbon cutting for its solar farm in Amherst, NY.
The energy produced at the 6.4 MW solar farm will be allocated to the Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority (BMHA), which serves low-to-moderate income residential customers. Ampion, a community solar subscription management company, enrolled the BMHA into the program, resulting in the subscription of over 1,300 housing units.
The sustainable energy project is helping the Town of Amherst to fulfill its role as a NYSERDA Clean Energy Community; the project is twofold – to contribute to New York’s goals of distributed solar generation, and to benefit disadvantaged communities.
NYS is targeting 6 GW of distributed solar by 2025, 70 percent renewable energy by 2030, and 40 percent of clean energy investments benefiting disadvantaged communities.
“We’re proud to support New York’s efforts in building a clean, resilient and low-cost grid powered by renewable energy,” said Steve Luker, CEO of Catalyze. “Community solar projects like Amherst offer the opportunity to provide lower energy costs and renewable energy access to everyone, including low-to-moderate income communities.”
In an interesting environmental twist, the solar farm is using grazing sheep to maintain the property’s grounds, which are “shepherded” by a landowner of the Amherst community.
Catalyze is owned by leading energy investors EnCap Investments L.P. and Actis.
To learn more about Catalyze’s leadership team, visit catalyze.com/company/leadership/.
