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Solar New York

The Big Apple should not have to wait any longer: It’s time to become a center of renewable energy. We’re not talking about big solar and wind arrays as we’re going to see in the Sahara – although that’s a good thing too – but rather about distributed generation: making power where you live and […]

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Renewables – Spain, The Big Apple and China

Renewables – Spain, The Big Apple and China

I flagged an event to you recently, “The Climate for Renewable Energy,” cosponsored by the government of Navarra and NYU’s Center for Global Affairs.  There were some excellent presentations made by the impressive group of panelists assembled for the evening. The President of Navarra, Miguel Sanz Sesma, noted that his province has developed a “comprehensive […]

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Trigeneration

Trigeneration

I took a tour today of NYU’s new trigeneration plant:  It’s “tri” because it produces electricity, heat and hot water, and chilled water for air conditioning.  It’s a great facility, well thought out and executed.  It’s state of the art.  It provides 13.4 MW of electricity and that which isn’t used by the school is […]

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