NYSERDA 2023 Soils Data for use in the Large-Scale Renewables and NY-Sun Programs

THE NYSERDA 2023 SOILS DATA IS TO BE USED FOR NYSERDA’S RENEWABLE ENERGY STANDARD (RES) REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) ISSUED AFTER THE PUBLICATION OF THIS DATA OR THE NY-SUN PROGRAM AND IS NOT INTENDED TO REPRESENT ACTUAL IN SITU SOIL CONDITIONS.

In order to facilitate the protection of agricultural lands, developers participating in RESRFPs or the NY-Sun program may be responsible for making an agricultural mitigation payment to a designated fund based on the extent to which the solar project’s facility area overlaps with an Agricultural District and New York’s highly productive agricultural soils, identified as Mineral Soil Groups (MSG) classifications 1 through 4 (MSG 1-4). This mitigation approach is designed to discourage solar projects from siting on MSG 1-4. Furthermore, this mitigation approach is designed to encourage retaining agricultural productivity on the project site. Instances where Proposers cannot avoid or minimize impacts on MSG 1-4 will result in a payment to a fund administered by NYSERDA. Disbursement of collected agricultural mitigation payment funds will be informed by consultation with the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets (AGM) to support ongoing regional agricultural practices and/or soil conservation initiatives.

This dataset contains a combination of soils data from multiple sources to serve participants of NYSERDA’s Large-Scale Renewable and NY-Sun programs. The NYSERDA 2023 Soils Data was created by converting the 2023 New York State Agricultural Land Classification (https://agriculture.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2023/01/masterlistofagriculturalsoils.pdf) master list of soils maintained by AGM to a tabular form and providing a corresponding unique identifier for each listed soil that enables the user to link the soils to the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) SSURGO soils database, allowing for a geographical representation. When the NYSERDA 2023 Soils Data is joined with spatial data from the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) SSURGO soils database (https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/soils/survey/?cid=nrcs142p2_053627), the corresponding soil unit can be mapped in a geographic information system software. The latest version of the SSURGO database (https://nrcs.app.box.com/v/soils) should be used to get the most accurate join. Data is updated yearly from both NRCS and from AGM, however, NYSERDA will not update this dataset and it will remain intact for future reference. NYSERDA intends on creating new soils datasets for future procurements on an annual basis.

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纽约州能源研究与发展局（NYSERDA）2023年土壤数据旨在为该局发布于数据公布或NY-Sun项目之后的可再生能源标准（RES）项目提案请求（RFP）提供使用，且该数据并不旨在代表实际现场的土壤条件。为促进农业用地的保护，参与可再生能源标准RFP或NY-Sun项目的开发商可能需根据太阳能项目设施区域与农业区及纽约州高生产力的农业土壤（被划分为矿物土壤组（MSG）1至4类，MSG 1-4）的重叠程度，向指定基金支付农业缓解费用。此缓解方法旨在阻止太阳能项目在MSG 1-4类土壤上选址，并鼓励在项目现场保留农业生产力。若提案方无法避免或最小化对MSG 1-4类土壤的影响，则需向由NYSERDA管理的基金支付费用。所收集的农业缓解费用将由纽约州农业和市场部（AGM）的咨询结果决定，以支持持续的区域性农业实践和/或土壤保护项目。该数据集综合了来自多个来源的土壤数据，以服务于NYSERDA的大规模可再生能源和NY-Sun项目的参与者。NYSERDA 2023年土壤数据是通过将AGM维护的2023年纽约州农业土地分类（https://agriculture.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2023/01/masterlistofagriculturalsoils.pdf）主列表土壤转换为表格形式，并为每个列表中的土壤提供一个相应的唯一标识符，使用户能够将土壤与自然资源保护服务局（NRCS）的SSURGO土壤数据库（https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/soils/survey/?cid=nrcs142p2_053627）相连接，从而实现地理上的表示。当NYSERDA 2023年土壤数据与NRCS SSURGO土壤数据库的空间数据相结合时，相应的土壤单元可以在地理信息系统软件中进行映射。应使用最新版本的SSURGO数据库（https://nrcs.app.box.com/v/soils）以获得最准确的连接。数据每年由NRCS和AGM更新，但NYSERDA将不会更新此数据集，它将保持完整以供未来参考。NYSERDA计划每年为未来的采购创建新的土壤数据集。纽约州能源研究与发展局（NYSERDA）提供客观信息与分析、创新项目、技术专长和支持，以帮助纽约居民提高能源效率、节省开支、使用可再生能源并减少对化石燃料的依赖。欲了解更多关于NYSERDA的项目信息，请访问nyserda.ny.gov或关注我们的X、Facebook、YouTube或Instagram。