Active SLED Opportunity · NEW YORK · NEW YORK
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NYSERDA seeks stakeholder input via RFI 6138 to develop programs supporting farmers in integrating solar energy with agriculture, focusing on agrivoltaics, energy storage, and sustainable farmland use in New York State.
Description of goods to services to be bid: Solicits input from interested stakeholders to help NYSERDA, in collaboration with the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets, develop Sun and Soil program offerings that support farmers in benefiting from the integration of solar energy development on their land while sustaining the agriculture use of productive farmland. This Request for Information (RFI 6138) will help NYSERDA gain information and diverse perspectives on challenges to, potential benefits of, and opportunities for the responsible co-utilization of solar energy with commercial agriculture, including but not limited to agrivoltaics, solar energy and battery storage microgrids for powering farms, and other means for farmers and agricultural communities to benefit from the integration of solar energy development in ways that sustain agriculture, and will inform future solicitations. NYSERDA does not intend to publish responses to this RFI. Results from this RFI may inform the NYSERDA Environmental Research Program’s future solicitations. If changes are made to this solicitation notification will be posted on NYSERDA’s website at: www.nyserda.ny.gov/funding-opportunities
SLED stands for State, Local, and Education. These are solicitations issued by state governments, counties, cities, school districts, utilities, and higher education institutions — as opposed to federal agencies.
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