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 ...
Tagged with: #LogoWarming Abigail McHugh-Grifa climate change David Brickman Global warming hillary olson Partners + Napier Patricia Sunwoo rmsc Rochester People’s Climate Coalition
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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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Hearings will be held Tuesday in downtown Rochester on rate increases being proposed by Rochester Gas and Electric Corp. and New York State Electric & Gas Corp. The hearings are scheduled for 1:30 and 6 p.m. in the City Council ...
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Rochester’s Paradigm Environmental Services Inc. is one of 19 finalists in New York state’s 76West Clean Energy competition. The competition offers $2.5 million in prizes to companies that will build or expand clean energy business in New York’s Southern Tier, ...
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A $10,000 grant from Avangrid Foundation, in partnership with Avangrid subsidiary Rochester Gas & Electric Corp., will pay to make some summer learning camps free at the Rochester Museum & Science Center. According to the RMSC, the grant will cover ...
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The kitchen backsplashes are covered with up-to-date subway tiles. There are seven workstations, complete with sink, oven and range combo, counter space and storage cupboards and drawers. And there are even control panels operated with a code so students ...
Tagged with: Charmaine Walker Community Kitchen Education Success Foundation Foodlink Jamarr Myers Rebecca Ferri Sands Farmily Foundation wegmans
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New York State Electric & Gas Corp. this week received a penalty of $3.5 million from the state for reliability issues related to outages in 2018. The New York State Public Service Commission announced it was deducting a total of ...
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The utility company that modernized energy production at the former Kodak Park and turned it away from coal has won $5 million from a carbon-reduction contest run by New York State. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced on Friday that Recycled ...
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Suzanne Hunt’s day jobs include advising the family wine business, Hunt Country Vineyards, on sustainable technology, while maintaining a global profile as a sustainable energy consultant.
Tagged with: Art Hunt Hunt Country Vineyards Hunt Green Joyce Hunt Mario Cuomo Pamela Reed Sanchez sustainability Suzanne Hunt
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During his college days in the 1980s, Mark Maddalina entertained club-goers in Rochester at places like the Ocean Club, Magnolia’s and the Harbor Beach Club by spinning records. He learned a great deal about how to control the mood of ...
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New York State is seeking proposals for large-scale renewable energy projects that fall in line with Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s plan to have 70 percent of the state’s electricity coming from renewable sources by 2030. This third request for proposals ...
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It’s hard to imagine that when lasers were first invented there was a bit of a “so what?” reaction. In 1960, light was the main application people could envision from lasers and the question was why did we need a new source of light?...
Tagged with: Donna Strickland energy fusion Laboratory for Laser Energetics Lasers Michael Campbell Michael Pavia Optimax Systems Rochester Institute of Technology Sydor Technologies university of rochester
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Apex Clean Energy has decided to put one of its two proposed wind power projects in Orleans and Niagara Counties on hold. The company announced earlier this week that it will not seek a permit this year as planned for ...
Tagged with: Apex Clean Energy Heritage Wind Lighthouse Wind Mothers and Others Out Front Save Our Shores Susan Campbell
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