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New York City is about to get its largest battery storage project

Baua Electric

Photo: Elevate Renewables New York City’s largest battery storage facility will replace a natural gas peaker plant unit retiring in 2025. When New York City’s largest battery storage installation is complete, it will be able to power more than 10,000 households during peak demand periods. Get started here. –

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New York access for all

Electric Auto Association

Mount Vernon is one of the biggest cities in New York and it’s also one of the most disadvantaged. At the state level, the chapter is preparing packages for many members of the New York Legislature , each package personalized to the particular legislator’s environmental agenda. We update you with EV news monthly.

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These canceled New York offshore wind farms totaling 1.7 GW just officially made a comeback

Baua Electric

Rendering: South Brooklyn Marine Terminal, Empire Wind Equinor’s Empire Wind 1 and Eversource and Ørsted’s Sunrise Wind previously canceled their offshore wind contracts with New York, but now they’re back. New York State has set a goal to achieve the development of 9,000 megawatts of offshore wind energy by 2035.

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An electric school bus helps power grid in a first for this New England utility

Electrek

The utility company National Grid has leveraged an electric school bus to help meet peak demand for electricity for the first time, in Beverly, Massachusetts. The National Grid supplies electricity to Massachusetts, New York, and Rhode Island.

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Solar-powered off-grid EV charging stations offer surprisingly attractive cost advantages

Charged EVs

By cutting red tape and avoiding costs for construction and electrical work, combined with free solar energy, Beam Global says its EV ARC systems can offer customers a lower total cost of ownership compared to grid-tied charging stations. This may well be the case with the EV ARC, a solar-powered off-grid charging station made by Beam Global.

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In a historic first, a US offshore wind farm delivers power to the grid [Update]

Baua Electric

Halfway point Another big milestone for #SouthForkWind as we reach the halfway-finished milestone, with 6 of the 12 turbines complete and supplying #offshorewind energy to the Long Island grid. We’re making progress every day on building a clean energy future for New York. pic.twitter.com/AVn6eQKV6n — Ørsted U.S.

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3 Things Utilities Can Do to Prepare the Power Grid for More Electric Cars

EV Connect

Can the power grid actually handle that many electric cars? The capacity is there, but to truly handle this new surge in EV grid demand, it will take planning on the part of utility companies across the U.S. grid produced in 2020. Can the Power Grid Handle the Growing EV Demand? But it also raises a big question.