Puerto Rico is getting a $4.5 million boost in its economic development arm, with a public-private project aimed at accelerating solar business on the island. The package involves $3.8 million from the U.S. Economic Development Administration to train workers in ...
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At least three local farms are receiving more than $100,000 each in grants from the federal government to help bring their operations up to date with renewable energy systems. The state director for rural development announced this week that New Yorkers ...
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New York State and private colleges are linking arms to support cleaner energy. The state announced on Tuesday a memorandum of understanding between the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority and the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities, ...
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Read More »A local company that has been developing a solar panel that can produce more energy and be made more quickly has earned a $4 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy to scale up its technology and process. Energy ...
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The power of bulk purchasing and carbon-free sources of energy are factors behind a wave of decisions local municipalities are making about buying electricity. In the Rochester area, several communities have already agreed to engage with a community choice aggregator ...
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The renovation project at the Greater Rochester International Airport received the 2019 Airports Going Green Award (AGG) from the Chicago Department of Aviation and the American Association of Airport Executives. The ROC Renovation Project was honored in the Outstanding Sustainability ...
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Schools that want to reduce their carbon footprint are eligible for grants, the state announced this week. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said a $4 million fund is available to provide grants to schools to lower their energy use and adopt ...
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The first phase of CreekView Apartments in Canandaigua has been completed, with officials from Baldwin Real Estate Development cutting the ribbon on 96 apartment homes. The 12-building, $20 million affordable housing project is the first outside of New York City ...
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced today the kick-off of Energy to Lead 2020, the third round of the Energy to Lead competition. In support of Cuomo’s Green New Deal, $5 million is available for New York colleges and universities to aggressively ...
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Funding for the University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics has been agreed upon in a record amount for five years, according to Sen. Charles E. Schumer. Schumer on Friday shared an announcement of the Laser Lab’s $409.9 million “Cooperative ...
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Jobs in the clean energy arena are growing faster than the general economy, according to statistics shared by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority Tuesday. Growth in this area, which includes everything from installing solar panels to ...
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Plug Power Inc., an Albany area provider of modern hydrogen and fuel cell technology, has completed its nearly $4 million expansion in Rochester. The move comes less than a year after the opening of the company’s Eastman Business Park facility. ...
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Empire State Development has approved MicroEra Power Inc. as the first START-UP NY firm to be located at the AHEAD Energy facility at Metro Park in Rochester. The company, which will partner with Alfred University through the program, plans to ...
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Rochester People’s Climate Coalition is trying to go viral like the Ice Bucket Challenge did, but with melting instead of freezing. And instead of curing a disease, the group is aiming to cure the planet of climate change by ...
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Two local power companies and the state agency that regulates them caught fire from residents attending a rate hike hearing Tuesday afternoon. Some people who attended the hearing held at Rochester’s City Hall by the New York State Public Service ...
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