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They chose the new Batavia location just off the New York State Thruway at exit 48 and their travel centers in Avon along Interstate 390 and in Belmont along Interstate 86.

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The hubs would serve as centers of outreach, awareness and education to help foster participation, especially those in underserved or otherwise disadvantaged communities, in New York's clean energy transition, the governor's office said.

Plug Power Inc. is partnering with Rochester Institute of Technology to provide scholarship support to a graduate student pursuing a master’s degree in engineering, sustainability and the sciences.  The first Plug Graduate Scholarship was awarded this year to Mamta Choudhary, ...

The Genesee County Economic Development Center board of directors this week advanced final resolutions for solar projects that would generate $576.5 million of capital investment. The board also accepted an application for a $6.5 million community solar project in the ...

The school district will be an anchor tenant supporting 2.4 megawatts of renewable energy production from a Nexamp facility in Watertown. The district will receive energy credits to reduce its annual electric costs while contributing to the expansion of renewable energy.

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The Genesee County Economic Development Center board of directors advanced five projects totaling some $582.5 million of investments at its board meeting earlier this week.   The board approved final incentives for a $12 million tourism hospitality project led by 8250 ...

Plug Power’s $125 million gigafactory in Henrietta is running at full production and adding jobs.

The event will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 26 at the Hyatt Regency in Rochester, with a networking reception immediately following.

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Lidrotec received the Company of the Year award at Luminate Finals 2022, which was held during Optica's Frontiers in Optics + Laser Science conference in Rochester.

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The AMPED campaign is a partnership of 20+ local institutions representing over 10 sectors promoting beneficial electrification throughout the 9-county Genesee/Finger Lakes region.  

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Catalyst Power develops energy supply solutions with a focus on a network of Connected Microgrids and is a portfolio company of Dallas-based BP Energy Partners, LLC.

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"This project demonstrates how public entities can help lead the way," Monroe County Executive Adam Bello said. "The future generations are looking at the actions we're taking now."

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LeChase Construction began the building expansion in July and the addition is expected to be completed in 2024. LLE was last expanded in 2003 to house the OMEGA EP laser. 

The MCWA partnered with Sol Systems, a renewable energy company based in Washington, D.C., and the New York Power Authority on the project. Energy from the array is fed into the Rochester Gas & Electric grid, and the MCWA then receives a credit on its bill.

The nearly 3,000-acre solar farm will be built on property in the Genesee County village of Elba and town of Oakfield, just north of Batavia.