Greenfield Manufacturing Inc, producer of boat coatings which help reduce water friction, in partnership with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, (NYSERDA) has created a product which allows boats to travel faster while at the same time improving their fuel economy. The NYSERDA gave $340,000 to Greenfield over the past three years …
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Because New York State lacks the traditional sources of geothermal energy such as geysers, volcanoes and hot springs, New York extracts this type of renewable energy from the earth through different means. Since the earth absorbs about 50% of the energy that arrives here, the earth can be a great source for renewable energy. The …
New York US Senator Charles E. Schumer announced on Wednesday that the Synergy Biogas LLC bio-digester, located in Covington, in western New York, is back on track to get connected to the power grid before the year ends. Missed Deadline Thwarted There was a fear that Synergy was going to lose $2.8 million in federal …
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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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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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The mega successful search engine developer Google has been busy developing projects in the renewable energy sector. Wind Farm in California Google has already invested $400 million in a variety of clean-energy projects, with $55 million dedicated to the support of a wind farm in California. And more is coming to the rest of the …
Last December the Secretary of Energy Steven Chu awarded a $17.1 million loan guarantee to the AES Westover utility facility in New York State. The government guarantee will allow the building of a 20 megawatt storage system which will use the latest technology of advanced lithium-ion batteries. The project will be constructed in Johnson City …
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The former Governor of Pennsylvania, Edward G. Rendell, will be joining the New York City-based technology innovation firm ThinkEco, Inc., according to an announcement. Mr. Rendell was the 45th Governor of Pennsylvania until last month when his term expired. He will be joining ThinkEco as an advisory board member, and will chiefly be involved in …
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Ice Energy will be coming to New York after forging a partnership with contract-manufacturer Mercury Corporation. Mercury Corp is based in Hammondsport, and together with Ice Energy will create a manufacturing plant in New York State. Ice Energy produces a storage device for energy which they call ‘Ice Bear.’ The Ice Bear is placed on …
In order to maintain a steady flow of energy in upstate New York as demand for electricity fluctuates over time, AES Energy Storage has installed lithium ion batteries the size of trucks at its Johnson City site in New York. AES storage, a subsidiary of AES, a power generation company, explained that the first 8 …
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