renewable energy

The state’s energy power authority was set to nearly triple its rates for hydroelectricity through 2028. Gov. Kathy Hochul told NYPA to “figure out a better way forward.”

Southern Tier Rep. Nick Langworthy’s 2025 agenda aligns with incoming President Donald Trump’s 100-day agenda to secure America’s borders and roll back the Biden administration’s renewable energy policies.

Employers and green energy groups came together to try and fill vacancies in clean energy jobs in the Southern Tier. The inaugural Greater Binghamton Clean Energy Careers Summit is just the beginning of what organizers hope will be a major transition.

“If these batteries are really big, can we use elements, can we use materials that are not very dangerous, that are Earth abundant, that are readily available?”

"It’s good economic sense because that is the future. And that’s where you’re going to see all the economic development and jobs being created.”

“GCNR's petition does not establish any error of law or fact to support its rehearing request."

“Our goal this year is to complete as much of the project as we can before the winter hits.”

They say it will be important to find ways for solar farms to store and control how much energy they release to the grid.

The owners want to convert it into a 100 megawatt data center. Their proposal includes a seventy-five acre solar farm, and they will apply to the state for a 125 megawatt renewable energy allocation.

"The real challenge with the Green Amendment is that it may not even mean anything, but even if it does it could take decades for it to become meaningful."