NJ Transit has cancelled a long-running plan to build a 140-MW, estimated $546-million natural gas power plant in the New Jersey Meadowlands intended to provide power backup in a heavily traveled rail corridor near New York City, instead announcing it will build a microgrid using renewable energy and battery storage.
The agency said at an Oct. 21 board meeting it seeks to hire a renewable energy consultant to oversee new design-build options for its microgrid called NJTRANSITGRID, has set an Oct. 28 meeting to brief design and construction contenders and will issue a request for qualifications on Nov. 25 to assess eligible submitters.