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Cornell University has proposed a 1.9 megawatt solar panel project on about seven acres of land the university owns on Snyder Road in Lansing.  Town Planner Jonathan Kanter says the project will use about 6000 solar panels.

"The project is intended to provide electricity to the Cornell Campus," Kanter says.  "It is particularly to substitute energy needed for the lake source cooling plant.  Apparently there is quite a lot of energy needed to run that plant.  It will produce cheaper, cleaner energy to run that and other parts of the Cornell campus."

Cornell set a goal in 2007 to become carbon neutral by the year 2050.  So far the university has  reduced its carbon dioxide emissions from 319,000 tons to 218,000 tons.  The Snyder Road facility is part of its plan to reach its goal by mid-millenium.

The property is one of many parcels of Lansing property Cornell owns.  It is located north of the Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport.

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