April
2018 




 

 
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JUNE 19, 2018
Sustainable CUNY will convene its 12th annual statewide  
2018 NY Solar+Storage Summit at John Jay College in NYC.

TOGETHER
This summit takes an innovative approach by bringing together experts across industries to work with policy and utility leaders to find actionable solutions that can transition New York from our current state to a more sustainable future.

SPONSOR THE SUMMIT
NEW YORK GENERATES PATH TO ENERGY STORAGE
CUNY Solar Ombudsmen to Provide Technical Assistance to
NY's AHJs on Storage Integration
 
New York City took another step forward in its effort to create a pathway to wide scale storage adoption with the release of a guide designed to es tablish the process for installing Lithium-Ion batteries in America's largest city. The City University of New York's Smart Distributed Generation Hub, with support from NYSERDA, collaboratively developed the Energy Storage Permitting and Interconnection Process Guide for New York City: Lithium-Ion Outdoor Systems and will use lessons learned to provide technical assistance to cities, towns and villages across the State who wish to formalize the process of integrating storage into their jurisdictions. Media Release

SHARED SOLAR GATEWAY 2.0

A new version of the Gateway has been released! The Shared Solar Gateway enables community shared solar to expand throughout NYC by solving the challenge of connecting interested customers with systems built by trusted developers on viable host sites. Sustainable CUNY looks forward to building a thriving NYC community solar market with you.
SOLAR IN THE CITY BULLETIN
 
If you work in the solar or storage industry and are interested in diving into the details of installing in New York City you can sign up to receive the bulletin by sending an email to nysolar@cuny.edu. Read a recent Solar in the City.
SCHENECTADY COUNTY ANNOUNCES SOLAR FARMS
Members of the Schenectady County Legislature together with local municipal leaders and GE have announced the largest and most ambitious municipal solar project in New York State.  A total of 18 Solar Park Sites are proposed, including two in the City of Schenectady, that upon completion will generated 46 MW of power. The projects will be built by GE at no expense to County taxpayers.  If fully developed, this project could save County, Town, City and Village taxpayers approximately $1.5 million each year, and $44 million over 25 years. The City of Schenectady is an initial NYSolar Smart Partner Jurisdiction that has worked with Sustainable CUNY's Solar Ombudsmen to remove barriers to solar adoption for the past decade.
NY SOLAR ANALYTICS
NYSolar Smart Partner Jurisdiction 
Solar Snapshot

City of Schenectady
 
FROM THE DIRECTOR
New technology needs a transparent pathway through the regulatory process in order to reach mainstream deployment. CUNY is proud to serve as an objective and trusted third party that has been able to bring all the decision makers to the table to develop multiple tools available on the NY Solar Map and Portal such as the new NYC Li-ion Outdoor Storage Permitting Guide. We will continue to work with permitting authorities in villages, towns and cities across the State to unlock the storage market and the resulting economic development.
Tria Case, University Director of Sustainability and Energy Conservation at the City University of New York (CUNY) and lead for NYSolar Smart, NYC Solar Partnership.
NYSolar Smart is a strategic effort led by Sustainable CUNY of the City University of New York that supports Federal, State and NYC solar initiatives to strategically remove barriers to large scale solar deployment.