The project, split across two sites, will cover 19 hectaresleased to SunEdison in Freshkills Park, a landfill reclamation project which hasbeen under construction since 2008.

SunEdison, which continues to aggressively expand its capital andin-house resources for downstream project development, will supply around 33,000 modulesto the project.

The 10MW system, set to break ground in late 2015, wouldboost by 50% the amount of PV presently installed in New York City’s fiveboroughs.

“Because