For the third time in a period of ten years the Covanta Energy Corp has requested to be recognized as a renewable power source by the New York State Public Service Commission. Covanta produces electricity from the incineration of garbage at their trash-burning power plant. They argue that the production of energy from garbage is …
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Last Tuesday the Building Trades Employers’ Association hosted a conference entitled, “New York 2030: The Rise of the Retrofit and Repositioning New York’s Buildings.” The conference was held at the First American Title Insurance Company on Third Avenue, and in attendance were Frank Martino, the vice president of Operations for Columbia University, and the director …
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The latest scheme coming from Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s office is to transform the many garbage dumps around New York into solar energy farms. PlaNYC for a Greater Greener NYC The plan is just one more part of the ongoing “Greater, Greener” sustainability plan, an all-encompassing project which at the moment contains 132 initiatives designed to …
True to his campaign promises to do more for alternative energy production in New York, Governor Andrew Cuomo re-booted the governmental process to expand the offshore wind energy industry in New York. Joint Project Gets Blowing On September 15 the Long Island-New York City Offshore Wind Project applied for a lease to set-up and run …
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Fuel developed from alcohol is not a new concept for automobiles, but work is now being done to create jet fuels from the renewable form of fuel which is derived from crops. Several companies are now in the midst of developing aviation fuels from such sources as ethanol and/or biobutanol, including Gevo, Cobalt, Terrabon, ZeaChem …
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Preliminary government data has brought to the attention of US nuclear regulators the fact the country’s reactors may be in need of some safety updating. Based on government data analysis by the Associated Press it appears that the risk that a large earthquake could severely damage a nuclear power plant is much higher than was …
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In early August this year there was good news for supporters of clean energy alternatives in New York. On August 4th Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, in the presence of groups such as the Alliance for Clean Energy in New York, (ACE NY) and others, signed the bill into law known as the “Power NY Act …
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Who says you can’t teach an old dog new tricks? The Brooklyn landmark bakery, Mrs. Maxwell’s on Atlantic Avenue in East New York, has proven that just because you might have been around a long time, it doesn’t mean you can’t still improve. Borough President Marty Markowitz declared August 9th, 2011 as “Mrs. Maxwell’s Bakery …
The New York Energy Consumers Council (NYECC) is a not-for-profit organization that supports and is supported by energy consumers of all stripes. For the past twenty years the NYECC, and for fifty years previously as the Owners’ Committee on Electric Rates, Inc., has advocated for fair pricing and other energy issues on behalf of hospitals, …
Governor Cuomo received kudos from the Alliance for Clean Energy New York (ACE NY) for signing new legislation which will make it easier for New Yorkers to add on-site renewable energy production systems. Thanks to the Chairman of the Senate Energy committee, George Maziarz in conjunction with the Energy Committee Chairman of the New York …
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