Battery storage is essential; recent fires show that safety is, too
Julie Tighe, newsday.com
New York generates more power from renewable energy than any state in the Eastern United States. Clean hydropower provides 21% of the state’s energy generation, with another 8% from wind capacity and 5% from solar capacity. New York is poised to significantly enhance its renewable output by adding 9,000 megawatts of offshore wind power — more than current wind and solar combined — by 2035. Just last week, Gov. Kathy Hochul awarded two offshore wind projects off the coast of Long Island that will generate more than 1,700 megawatts of clean energy.