Queens leads NYC in household solar panels

Queens installed more solar panels than any other borough last year, according to Con Edison. Photo courtesy of Con Edison

By Rachel Vick

Queens now features more home solar panels than any borough in the city, according to the city’s electric utility. 

Con Edison says more than 2,000 Queens customers added solar panels to their  homes last year, bringing the total amount to 11,334 installations. 

The amount of energy produced by Queens solar panels nearly doubles that of Brooklyn, Con Ed said.

“The pandemic caused a pause in construction and the recession created apprehension among people who wanted to invest in their homes and businesses,” said Lenny Singh, Con Edison’s senior vice president of Customer Energy Solutions. “But it’s a tribute to our customers that they continued to choose clean, renewable solar energy.”

Queens generates more solar energy than any other county in Con Edison’s network except Westchester. In total, solar panels installed across the five boroughs and Westchester last year can produce 44.77 million watts of energy, the utility said.