FAQs about the Gateway Solar Energy Center

Q: What is the Gateway Energy Center?

A: The Gateway Solar Energy Center has developed a proposal to establish a large-scale solar energy facility located in St. Lawrence County New York. The Gateway Solar Energy Center would significantly contribute to New York’s efforts to meet its renewable energy goals.

Q: How much energy will the Energy Center generate?

A: The Gateway Solar Energy Center will generate 180 megawatts of solar energy.

Q: How will the local community benefit from this project?

A: The Gateway Solar Energy Center is expected to position St. Lawrence County as a leader in renewable energy and help New York meet its renewable energy goals.

Q: Are there other benefits that the project will bring?

A: New York has set a goal of producing half of its total power from renewable sources by 2030 and projects like this will help meet that need.

This new source of clean, renewable power produces no air or water pollution and is in line with the state’s Clean Energy Standard and Reforming the Energy Vision (REV) initiative, which is fostering new opportunities for renewable power that will help New York transform its energy generation system.

Q: What is NextEra Energy Resources?

NextEra Energy Resources, LLC (together with its affiliated entities, “NextEra Energy Resources”) is a clean energy leader and is one of the largest wholesale generators of electric power in the U.S., with approximately 30,600 megawatts of total net generating capacity, primarily in 41 states and Canada as of year-end 2023.

NextEra Energy Resources is the world’s largest generator of renewable energy from the wind and sun, a world leader in battery storage. The business operates clean, emissions-free nuclear power generation facilities in New Hampshire and Wisconsin as part of the NextEra Energy nuclear fleet. NextEra Energy Resources offers a wide range of clean energy solutions to help businesses and customers across the country meet their emissions reduction goals. NextEra Energy Resources, LLC is a subsidiary of Juno Beach, Florida-based NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE).

For more information, visit: www.NextEraEnergyResources.com. 

Q: How is the project being approved?     

A: The project will be permitted under New York State’s Article VIII process.