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A project that involved 1.8 megawatts (MW) of solar power, 500 geothermal wells, and fuel cells could potentially reduce energy consumption at a Cornell University campus by 75%. The campus has the name “NYC Tech Campus” and is a project of Distributed Sun.
HUGE Clean Energy Project Moving Forward at Cornell University
Seeded on Wed Dec 28, 2011 10:55 AM EST
Article Source: CleanTechnica.com - By Zachary Shahan- Enjoy this article? Help vote it up the 'Vine.
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This story has so many superlatives. A $2 billion sustainable campus, an anonymous $350 million gift, a new venture fund, the promise to spawn 600 new tech companies, jobs and more jobs, tens of billions in economic impact. We’re a small but inspired part of a very big ambition, and our real work has only just begun. Distributed Sun looks forward to working with Cornell to build New York City’s largest solar and geothermal systems, and with our friends at Washington Gas to provide the next generation in fuel cells — all delivering innovative power and finance solutions to this visionary project.
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#1 - Wed Dec 28, 2011 10:57 AM ESTI hope that U.S. jobs are created by this endevor. Every aspect of this should be home grown with jobs provided to our vets returning home and putting many of our unemployed back to work. Lets be leaders again!
#2 - Wed Dec 28, 2011 12:13 PM ESTWell the construction jobs are likely to be and the maintenance jobs. If they require a minimum standard on the environmental footprint of the project, so will most of the technology.
Applying this technology and strategy to existing NYC buildings could lower the energy consumption by maybe 30% give the 75% reduction for this design. And this does not include wind power. Wind could be "easily" incorporated into high rise buildings as the structures themselves concentrate the wind energy and provide the height for several tiers of low profile turbines.
The next step is to add poser from residential buildings in surrounding communities to provide the energy for themselves and the remainder of the energy for the retrofitted city.
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