Renewable Energy

The US Environmental Protection Agency’s Green Power Partnership recently recognized Ithaca College for its commitment to obtaining electric energy from renewable resources for 5 years. Of the College’s electric needs in 2022, approximately 10% was supplied from its 2MW solar farm in Geneva, NY, an added 2% is provided from a community solar project in Lansing, NY and the remaining 88% was purchased through our electric supplier as certified Green-E sourced power which is largely out of state wind energy.

In November 2016, the College's 2.9 megawatt solar array began producing about 10% of our annual energy needs. The solar farm will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help New York state achieve its Clean Energy Standard that 50% of its electricity come from renewable energy sources by 2030. The solar array, however, is not located on the College campus. The project uses remote net metering, which allows IC to take advantage of more than 9,000 solar panels on a 15-acre site in the Town of Seneca. The installation is expected to generate 3.55 million kilowatt-hours of electricity in the first year and will offset approximately 888 metric tons of carbon dioxide annually. Live data from the solar farm can be found here.