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The new solar array atop the capped North Sea Landfill.
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A Solar Milestone, As Future Projects Are Questioned

Beth Young
Southampton Town’s new 11,000-panel solar array atop the capped North Sea Landfill is a recent milestone in the reuse of former dumping sites on the East End, and its ribbon-cutting this spring caps an era of growing acceptance of solar arrays to power Long Island’s electric grid. Pictured Above: The new solar array atop the capped North Sea Landfill. Other projects on the East End are currently going through planning
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Southampton Celebrates Completion of Solar Array Atop North Sea Landfill

Beth Young
The long-anticipated solar array atop Southampton Town's landfill in North Sea is now complete. The 11,000-panel array is atop portions of the former Majors Path landfill, and is expected to produce 8.6 million kilowatts per year, enough to power more than 700 households. Over the course of a 20-year lease, the project is anticipated to provide $1.65 million in revenue for the Town, along with energy credits that will reduce
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Wind Work Continues As U. S. Questions Abound

Beth Young
As the future of the offshore wind industry is very much in flux under a new administration that has put a halt on new federal leases to wind farms, Long Island is situated to be one of the few areas in the country where offshore wind projects already completed or under construction may power our communities in the years ahead. Pictured Above: Turbine blades being installed at the South Fork
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The proposed site of the Canal BESS project, which led Southampton Town to enact a moratorium on battery storage systems in 2023.
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Southampton To Hold Public Hearing on BESS Code Changes

Beth Young
The Southampton Town Board has scheduled a public hearing for Feb. 11 at 1 p.m. on major changes to its town codes regarding Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), after massive public backlash last year against a proposed 100 megawatt BESS project proposed not far from the Shinnecock Canal in Hampton Bays. The board has scheduled the public hearing just in advance of the expected end of a moratorium on consideration
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LIPA Approves Battery Storage at Site of Shuttered Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant

Beth Young
The Long Island Power Authority approved two utility-scale battery energy storage contracts on Wednesday, Dec. 18 — a 50-megawatt project on LIPA's property that had formerly been slated to become the Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant, and a 79-megawatt facility on Rabro Drive in Hauppauge. Pictured Above: The Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant, which never began commercial operation, is on a site still owned by the Long Island Power Authority, which is contracting with Key
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The proposed site of the Canal BESS project, which led Southampton Town to enact a moratorium on battery storage systems in 2023.
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New Battery Energy Storage Rules Pitched in Southampton

Beth Young
Southampton Town’s steering committee examining the best ways to manage siting of Battery Energy Storage Systems throughout town recommends none of these systems be placed in residential areas, and wants to cap the size of stand-alone systems at 5 megawatts and systems tied to a solar array at 20 megawatts. Pictured Above: The proposed site of the Canal BESS project, which led Southampton Town to enact a moratorium on battery
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East Hampton to Draft All Electric Law

Beth Young
Pictured Above: Rewiring America (rewiringamerica.org) is filled with information about all electric houses. East Hampton Town, which is ever-seeking to be at the forefront of the green energy movement, is drafting a new Local Law that would require all electric heating and cooling systems in all new construction and substantial renovations (more than 50 percent) beginning Jan. 1 of 2025. The New York State Legislature passed the All-Electric Buildings Act
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East Hampton Councilman David Lys, Southampton Councilman Tommy John Schiavoni, New York Governor Kathy Hochul, East Hampton Town Supervisor Kathee Burke-Gonzalez, East Hampton Councilwoman Cate Rogers and Southampton Councilman Michael Iasilli at the March 14 event.
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South Fork Wind Project Is Powered Up

Beth Young
Pictured Above: East Hampton Councilman David Lys, Southampton Councilman Tommy John Schiavoni, New York Governor Kathy Hochul, East Hampton Town Supervisor Kathee Burke-Gonzalez, East Hampton Councilwoman Cate Rogers and Southampton Councilman Michael Iasilli at the March 14 event. | photo courtesy New York Governor Kathy Hochul's office. Governor Kathy Hochul, alongside the United States Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and other elected officials, announced the completion of the landmark
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Construction continued in February on South Fork Wind. |. Ørsted
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Sunrise & Empire Wind Win New State Contracts

Beth Young
Pictured Above: Construction continued in February on South Fork Wind. |. Ørsted New conditional contracts for the offshore wind farms Sunrise Wind and Empire Wind 1 have been accepted by the New York Energy Research & Development Authority (NYSERDA), Governor Kathy Hochul announced on Thursday. The new contracts replace contracts cancelled by the wind farms last year amidst rising construction costs. “I promised to make New York a place for the renewable energy
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The East Hampton BESS facility, a collaboration between National Grid and NextEra Energy, was the site of a fire in May of 2023.
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State Battery Fire Group Issues Code Recommendations as Southampton Considers Moratorium Extension

Beth Young
As moratoriums on new Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) continue in Southold and Southampton towns this winter, a state task force convened last summer to investigate three BESS fires in New York has released a draft of 15 proposed fire code changes to help prevent and mitigate fires. The report, released Feb. 6, comes as the Southampton Town Board is considering a six-month extension of a moratorium on consideration of
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Offshore Wind Consolidation Continues with New NYSERDA Solicitation

Beth Young
Pictured Above: The South Fork Wind Farm is now sending power from six turbines to the Long Island grid. |. Ørsted photo As the South Fork Wind Farm announced in mid-January that half of its 12 wind turbines are installed and sending power to the East End grid, offshore wind developers unveiled their updated plans as part of a new solicitation from the New York State Energy Research & Development
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