For the first time, New Jersey nabbed the top spot this year in terms of installing photovoltaic (PV) capacity, surpassing California, the country's longtime solar energy leader. Public Service Electric and Gas Co. (PSE&G), New Jersey's largest utility, has already built a hefty portion of that capacity and, by early 2013, will wrap up a four-year program to install 40 megawatts of power via telephone pole-mounted solar units. The distributed solar program, which will provide enough energy to power 6,500 homes, is the largest of its type worldwide. Image Courtesy of Petra Solar Sunnyside Up: Smart grid technology is at
CH2M Hill, New York, has promoted Thomas P. Klin to vice president and Northeast geographic manager. Previously, Klin helped lead the firm's integration of the Halcrow acquisition in North America and also served as the firm's transportation operations director for Latin America. Klin Related Links: ENR New York Featured People The firm has also promoted Patrick King to vice president and director of the firm's ports and maritime business. Previously, King was a member of the Halcrow global maritime management team and the technical director for the organization's Engineering Divers Group.Hazen and Sawyer, New York, has appointed Robert Reach to
New York & New Jersey Photo Courtesy of Gov. Chris Christie's Office Washed Out: Gov. Chris Christie vows to rebuild N.J.'s tourism trade, which is a staple of towns devastated by Sandy, including Seaside Heights. Photo by Patrick Cashin/MTA New Ride: MTA sets up temporary service in the devastated the Rockaways. Related Links: ENR New York ENR New York Featured News Sandy’s N.Y.-N.J. Wrath Tallies About $62.8B Immediately after Superstorm Sandy hit, N.Y. and N.J. officials said damage estimates would be staggering, but now they have tallied preliminary costs showing just how formidable the storm was. The combined total damage
The number of stalled construction sites in New York City has risen 17% to 691 from February to November, “erasing virtually all of the progress made in the prior 15 months,” according to a recent New York Building Congress (NYBC) analysis of New York City Dept. of Buildings (DOB) inspection records. Some 26% of the stalled projects were added to the list this year, NYBC says. “While it’s hard to pinpoint exactly what happened, it is worth noting that the upturn in stalled sites roughly coincided with a period of rather steep declines in the stock market as well as
Immediately after "Superstorm" Sandy, N.Y. and N.J. officials indicated that the cost of the storm's damage would be staggering but now they have come up with preliminary estimates of just how formidable. The combined total damage estimate for both states is about $62.8 billion, according to official reports. N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo, citing a study with local government officials and private firms including PricewaterhouseCoopers and the PFM Group, estimates that repair work and response to the storm cost New York State $32.8 billion and he anticipates a further $9.1 billion in mitigation and prevention costs. N.J. Gov. Chris Christie says
New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo has formed three commissions to study how best to overhaul the state's emergency preparedness and response capabilities and how to improve infrastructure to better withstand monster storms like Hurricane Sandy. The commissions have a Jan. 3, 2013 deadline for making recommendations. Major storms have revealed major weaknesses in the state's transportation, energy, communications and health infrastructures, Cuomo said in a statement today, Nov. 16. The new commissions—dubbed NYS 2100, NYS Respond and NYS Ready—will help prepare and equip the state for future natural disasters, he said."Over the past two years, New York State has
Building trades workers including the New York City District Council of Carpenters along with the Building Construction Trades Council of Greater New York, began an organized volunteer effort on Staten Island today, Nov. 9, the first part of a plan to help rebuild Hurricane Sandy-ravaged areas. Photo Courtesy of the NYC District Council of Carpenters Members of the NYC District Council of Carpenters volunteer on Friday, Nov. 9, with post-Hurricane Sandy cleanup on Staten Island. The workers met at 7 a.m. at the Federal Emergency Management Agency tent on Father Capodanno Blvd. in Staten Island and began the first phase
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