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Clean Energy: Long Island Completes First Solar Panel Project Clean Energy: Long Island Completes First Solar Panel Project
Clean Energy: Long Island Completes First Solar Panel Project This project alone will offset hundreds of thousands of pounds of carbon dioxide and save taxpayers at least $10,000, officials said. The Town of East Hampton’s Parks Department building has become the first municipality on Long Island to complete a “solar-plus-storage” project, according to a press release by Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office on Thursday, April 20. Its 165-panel system makes it the first building in the town to achieve the goal of net zero carbon emissions from electricity generation. In the first year alone, the release reports, the system will offset nearly 110,000 pounds of …

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by Sophie Grieser