Proposal Will Replace Retired Peaker Generators with a Working Waterfront for Operating and Maintaining Offshore Wind, Bringing Sustainable Growth to Western Queens    Proposal Complements New York State and City Economic Development Priorities, including Blue Highway Initiative and Jobs Growth in Industrial Business Zones    QUEENS, NY — Rise Light & Power submitted a proposal …

Before State Officials, Queens Residents, Community, Business & Environmental Justice Leaders Gave Supportive Public Input as Part of State Permitting Process   QUEENS, NY, July 24, 2024 — Dozens of Queens community members and leaders showed up at the Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement this week to speak out in support of the Queensboro Renewable Express, …

STATE OF NEW YORKPUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONCASE 22-T-0670 – Petition of Queensboro Development, LLC for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need for the Construction of Approximately 18.5 miles of Transmission Lines from the Boundary of New York State Waters to a Point of Interconnection in Queens, and Associated Equipment. NOTICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION FORUMS …

Commencement of Permitting Enables Offshore Wind Power to be Delivered to Ravenswood Years Ahead of Other Projects, Helping New York Achieve its Nation-Leading Climate Goals   Enables Nation’s First Renewable Repowering, Replacing Fossil Fuel Generators with Offshore Wind, Delivering Victories for Environmental Justice and Union Labor Long Island City, New York, May 14, 2024 – Rise …

Families commemorate Earth Day in Queensbridge Park, enjoying locally-sourced food and activities promoting sustainability mere steps from power plant on cusp of transformation Environmental justice advocates, elected officials, and community leaders celebrate Renewable Ravenswood plan to transform city’s largest fossil fuel power plant into clean energy hub  A key component of New York State’s effort …

TotalEnergies Awarded a 25-year Contract to Supply 1.4 GW of renewable electricity to New York. Credit: TotalEnergies TotalEnergies and its partners, Corio Generation (Corio) and Rise Light & Power (Rise) announced Wednesday that New York State selected their Attentive Energy One project for a 25-year contract to supply 1.4 GW of renewable electricity. Attentive Energy …

French energy major TotalEnergies said Monday it had partnered with Corio Generation (Corio), an offshore wind developer, and Rise Light & Power (Rise), a New York-based electricity producer, for the joint development of the Attentive Energy offshore wind project off the coast of New York and New Jersey. Corio and Rise took respective stakes of …

WATCH: Renewable Ravenswood Community Fair https://youtu.be/Gyq1voILUI8 The Western Queens community was recently invited to join an open house event covering Renewable Ravenswood and the Attentive Energy One offshore wind project. The event was graciously hosted by Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement in their Queensbridge location, just blocks away from the project’s proposed point of interconnection …

Activists Want Ravenswood Stacks Replaced with a Clean Power Hub A group of about 200 people, including many children, rallied on Monday in support of Rise Light & Power’s plan to convert the Ravenswood Generating Station in Long Island City, which produces about a fifth of the city’s electricity, into a clean energy hub focused …

Labor union members at New York’s Ravenswood Generating Station will become the US’s first fossil fuel power plant workers to transition to operating offshore wind equipment. Ravenswood is a 2,480-megawatt (MW) power plant in Long Island City, Queens, across from Roosevelt Island. Powering 20% of the city, it’s New York City’s largest fossil-fuel plant, and …