NY To Be Powered By Sun By 2025

New York City Government, is One step Closer to becoming completely Powered by Renewable Energy, Mayor Bill de Blasio (D), said Tuesday.

The Mayor laid out a Series of Environmental Infrastructure Projects, including Plans for Two Transmission Lines that will Supply the City with Wind, Solar, and Hydrogen, Power from Canada and Upstate New York.

The Projects are aimed at Reducing the City’s Reliance on Fossil Fuels and Powering 100% of the City's Operations with Clean and Renewable Energy by 2025.

“The actions that we're announcing today will be the equivalent of taking one million cars off the road, just to give you the sheer magnitude of how much greener and safer this will make us by turning aggressively to renewable power,” de Blasio said.

The Transmission Line Projects, dubbed as a “Landmark” Agreement by the Mayor, were announced in Partnership with Gov. Kathy Hochul (D), on Monday.

Julie Tighe, President of the New York League of Conservation Voters (NYLCV), said at the News Conference that the Transmission Lines will “bring enough power to replace the power from Indian Point, enough to power 2.5 million homes, and avoid 77 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions over a period of time.”

The City had turned to more Fossil Fuels when Indian Point Closed, creating a Challenge for the Big Apple to Reduce Emissions 80% by 2050, Tighe added.

The Transmission Lines will create Thousands of Union Jobs, the Mayor said, and will Increasingly help the City Replace Fossil Fuel Electricity, by up to 50%.

Once completed, de Blasio said, the Projects will bring $8.2 Billion in Economic Development Investments, including Developer-committed Investment to support Disadvantaged Communities.

As part of de Blasio’s Pledge for the City’s Operations to become Completely Reliant on Renewable Energy, the City will have Parallel Goals for an All-Electric Vehicle Fleet by 2040, said Ben Furnas, Director of the Mayor’s Office of Climate and Sustainability.

“Obviously as all of our vehicles shift to electricity, that electricity will grow, but we’re going to get it from clean and renewable sources,” Furnas said. “The electric vehicles that we have now, that are city vehicles, will be fueled with the electricity the city acquires by 2025. That will all be renewable electricity going into those city vehicles.”










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