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Solar Tax Relief Comes to New York
The federal government may be dragging its feet when it comes to renewing or extending valuable US tax incentives for renewable energy projects, but states continue to adopt innovative policies. The latest examples comes from New York, where the governor has signed a series of solar tax exemptions, and California, which is preparing to debate [...]
New York Solar Association Reveils Future Goals
Earlier this month, Ron Kamen, president of the New York Solar Energy Industries Associaton (NYSEIA), spoke about the group’s future goals at the Cornell School of Industrial and Labor Relations in Buffalo. Hereare some of the main projects the group will be working on in 2011 andbeyond: 1. Establish a fully funded program aimed at [...]
LIPA Secures Funds, Reopens New York Solar Rebate Program
The Long Island Power Authority (LIPA), a regional electricity provider inNew York, has resolved a common problem that has plagued numerousutilities across the countries: too many people want to install a solarhome energy system. Since 2000, LIPA’s Solar Pioneer Program has offered a per-watt solar rebate to customers who install solarphotovoltaic (PV) rooftop systems. When [...]
New York City Installs 1 Million Square Feet of Cool Roofs
Over the past year, more than 1,500 volunteers have applied white,reflective coatings to 1 million square feet of New York City rooftopsto help reduce cooling costs, energy usage and greenhouse gas emissions. The NYC °CoolRoofs program is a collaboration with NYC Service–aninitiative launced by Mayor Michael Bloomberg to target more volunteerstowards areas of need. The [...]
Mooradians Furniture of New York Goes Solar
Awhile back, New York Light Energy — a New York solar installationcompany — approached Mooradians Furniture in upstate New York. The idea? Install solar photovoltaic (PV) systems atop two of the furniturecompany’s locations in upstate New York. Now, with the solar panelsinstalled, Moordians is looking forward to saving $500,000 in utilitybills over the next 20 [...]
New York Jets Go Solar at Team HQ
The New York Jets are now more than just green in uniform with the completion of a new rooftop 3,000 solar panel installation on their Atlantic Health Training Center. The rooftop project is owned by solar service provider Syncarpha Capital, who will sell the electricity produced by the solar panels to the NewYork Jets under [...]
New York Takes Next Steps for Distributed Generation
The New York Public Service Commission approved changes to the state’s net-metering rules to eliminate thepeak load limitation on the size of a non-residential customer’s solaror wind energy system. As a result of the change, businesses and farmsin New York can now install larger sized non-residential photovoltaicand wind generating systems. Chapter 7 of the 2010 [...]
New York Loves Energy Storage
Beacon Power, a provider of advanced energy storage products and services to support a more stable, reliable andefficient electricity grid, has closed on a $43 million loan guaranteedby the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The transaction closes thefinancing for Beacon’s 20 MW flywheel energy storage plant, now underconstruction in Stephentown, New York. “The loan guarantee [...]
New York Didn’t Get LeBron, But They Will Save $175M on Solar Thermal
A new solar thermal roadmap [pdf] for New York State announces potential consumer savings of close to US$175 million by focusing on heat and hot water applications for residential and commercial buildings. Released by the Solar Thermal Consortium back in May at the NYSEIA conference, the roadmap’s success appears to be contingent upon ramping up [...]