According to an article printed in the New York Times on Saturday March 23, 2013 several recent studies have demonstrated the potential for significant reductions in fossil fuel consumption within the United States. Including one study by a group of engineers at Stanford that illustrates the potential in New York State to meet the electricity [...]
Life After Oil and Gas – NYTimes.com
March 25th, 2013 | by sgordon | published in Challenge News, Renewable Energy
Denmark puts the brakes on heating costs — World Future Council
March 25th, 2013 | by sgordon | published in Challenge News, Municipal, Renewable Energy
Interesting news coming out of Denmark – in order to foster the transition to a low-carbon economy it will be necessary to implement policy measures to reduce the utilization of carbon-based fuels. Denmark is taking an aggressive step in that direction: © Preben Maegaard “As of the 1st of January 2013, the installation of oil-fired boilers [...]
Planning for Renewable Energy
March 19th, 2013 | by sgordon | published in Challenge News, Energy Challenge, Municipal, Renewable Energy
Central New York municipal representatives and organizations are invited to a webinar event called “Planning for Renewable Energy”, scheduled at the Gateway Center at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (1 Forestry Drive in Syracuse) from 10:00AM (doors open at 9:30) to 1:30PM. The event is sponsored by the New York State Climate [...]
NYSERDA Announces Farm-based Energy Assistance Program
February 25th, 2013 | by sgordon | published in Challenge News, Commercial, Industrial, Renewable Energy
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has proposed increased funding for grants available to dairy farmers across the state. The initiative would see a doubling of the incentive money for renewable bioenergy projects from $1 million to $2 million per installation. It also would introduce $450,000 in Dairy Acceleration Program grants to help dairy farmers expand their businesses. The [...]
9th Annual Symposium on Energy in the 21st Century: A Future Using Net Zero Energy
January 28th, 2013 | by sgordon | published in Challenge News, Commercial, Industrial, Municipal, Renewable Energy
The Central New York Regional Planning and Development Board is a proud co-sponsor of this year’s Symposium on Energy in the 21st Century: A Future Using Net Zero Energy. The goal of net zero energy is to produce as much energy from on-site renewable sources as is consumed. Utilizing the Net Zero installations that the U.S. [...]
Production Tax Credit for Wind Power Saved, For One Year (via Clean Technica)
January 3rd, 2013 | by sgordon | published in Renewable Energy, Uncategorized
Production Tax Credit For Wind Power Saved, For One Year (via Clean Technica) Supporters of the production tax credit for wind power can breathe a little easier, at least for now. Whatever else anybody says about the “fiscal cliff” legislation drama, in the end, our friends over at the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) are [...]
New York State Issues Latest Solictation for Renewable Energy Projects
January 3rd, 2013 | by sgordon | published in Renewable Energy
New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) have released a long-anticipated call for renewable energy as part of the state’s efforts to meet its 30% by 2015 renewable portfolio standard (RPS). The $250 million solicitation, administered by NYSERDA, seeks electric generation projects that use wind, solar, hydroelectric, [...]
Syracuse Company Launches Biogas Demonstration Project
August 22nd, 2012 | by sgordon | published in Challenge News, Commercial, Renewable Energy
American Biogas makes equipment that removes hydrogen sulfide (H2S) from the biogas. If the H2S was not removed, the biogas would corrode engine gaskets and seals thereby reducing equipment life. American Biogas removes the H2S using bacteria, a new approach that costs about a tenth of current removal methods.Anaerobic digestion is a clean-energy process that [...]
New Bills Enhance Solar Incentives in New York
August 21st, 2012 | by sgordon | published in Challenge News, Commercial, Renewable Energy, Residential
Governor Andrew Cuomo recently signed a series of bills that extend tax credits, exempt sales taxes taxes, and offer tax abatements to make solar energy more affordable for homes and businesses in New York. “The bills signed (Aug. 17) continue to build momentum for the state’s NY-Sun Initiative by accelerating the installation of solar power [...]
NY Sun Initiative Announces $107 Million in Incentives for New Solar Projects
August 16th, 2012 | by sgordon | published in Challenge News, Commercial, Industrial, Municipal, Renewable Energy
$106,900,000 Available for Solar PV Projects in New York State The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has announced the New York Sun Competitive Photovoltaic (PV) Program (PON 2589), an expansion of the Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) Customer-Sited Tier Regional Program, to include Upstate New York. NYSERDA invites proposals for the installation of customer-sited [...]
