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FuzeHub launches Build4Scale NY to help manufacturers take products to market, grow companies faster
ALBANY, N.Y. — FuzeHub has announced the launch of Build4Scale NY, a new program designed to help manufacturers take new products to market and “more
NYSERDA launches next round of 76West clean-energy competition
Now in its fifth year, the 76West contest will accept applications through March 2, 2020. About the 76West program The program will select a
Aviation company signs lease at Griffiss in Rome, to create 100 new jobs
ROME, N.Y. — A new aviation company is coming to Griffiss International Airport in Rome and creating at least 100 new jobs. Strategic Global Aviation
BAE Systems wins San Francisco MTA contract for power and propulsion systems
ENDICOTT, N.Y. — The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) has selected BAE Systems to supply electric power and propulsion systems for its transit buses.
Champlain Commons housing development opens in Scriba
Development meets energy and green building construction standards SCRIBA — Construction crews have completed Champlain Commons, a $13.7 million, 56-apartment housing development for families in the town of Scriba in Oswego County. It includes 17 apartments that are set aside for people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, and who will receive services
Solar business shines for Nickels Energy Solutions
CLAY — Nickels Energy Solutions, LLC is wrapping up a year that saw the company move into some new office space and complete 60 solar-installation projects. However, the firm faces some new challenges in the solar industry heading into 2020. Brothers Steve and Kevin Nickels founded Nickels Energy Solutions in 2015 as a way to
SU engineering professors to use $1.4M grant to improve building energy modeling
SYRACUSE — Two faculty members in Syracuse University’s College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS) will work to develop a system that improves energy modeling of existing buildings using “aerial intelligence” acquired by drones. Senem Velipasalar, associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science, and Edward Bogucz, associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, are
NYSEG, Cornell professor work on program coordinating electric car-charging times
ITHACA — New York State Electric and Gas (NYSEG) is working with a Cornell University professor on a program to coordinate electric-vehicle power use by encouraging owners to delay charging times in exchange for lower prices. The project, OptimizEV, will involve 35 participants in Tompkins County for a year to better understand consumer charging preferences,
U.S. Army staying with ReEnergy biomass contract at Fort Drum
FORT DRUM — The Black River facility of ReEnergy Holdings continues providing biomass energy for Fort Drum. The U.S. Army’s Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) on Nov. 21 announced that it would no longer seek to renegotiate its contract with ReEnergy, the office of U.S. Representative Elise Stefanik (R–NY 21) said in a news release. The
Completed Oneida County solar project is powering Upstate Cerebral Palsy location
BARNEVELD — A 1.4-megawatt solar project is providing power for the Barneveld location of Upstate Cerebral Palsy, which is the “sole beneficiary” of the power generated from that project. The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and Boston, Massachusetts–based Citizens Energy Corporation on Oct. 24 announced the completion of the Oneida County
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