A solar power project at Hobart and William Smith Colleges is both making power and producing educational opportunities for students, particularly in the area of sustainability. The second of two solar arrays began operating in December; combined the two arrays ...

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The City of Rochester and five other employers are pledging to boost electric vehicle recharging stations, hoping to enlarge the infrastructure supporting the growth of electric vehicles in the state. The employers, which also include Dixon Schwabl, Larsen Engineers, Nazareth ...

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The State University College at Brockport received a grant of more than $220,000 from the state, it was announced on Thursday, (Feb. 8) to fund a training program for facilities workers to become more knowledgeable in energy efficiency. Brockport will ...

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Two state authorities are making nearly $4 million available to help schools, government buildings and health care facilities install large-scale geothermal energy systems. The $3.8 million Geothermal Clean Energy Challenge was announced jointly Wednesday, Dec. 6, by the New York ...

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Clean energy jobs increased at a rate of 3.4 percent in New York in 2016, double the job growth rate of all industries across the state. The figure comes from the “2017 New York Clean Energy Industry Report,” recently published ...

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Venture Creations, the high-tech incubator at the Rochester Institute of Technology, has won a four-year contract worth $1.8 million from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority. The money is earmarked for fledgling clean-energy companies; Venture Creations has ...

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