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Square Feet - Some New York Businesses Turn to Wind Power - NYTimes.com
Square Feet - Some New York Businesses Turn to Wind Power - NYTimes.com: "April 22, 2009
Square Feet
Some of the Bright Lights of New York’s Businesses Are Powered by Wind
By JANE L. LEVERE
The use of wind power by owners of commercial real estate in New York City is rising rapidly, but from a very low base, according to energy service companies, which supply the power to businesses.
Wind power is expected to be a critical component of President Obama’s plan to expand the production of renewal domestic energy, and there are signs that this is starting to happen in New York. ConEdison Solutions, one energy supplier, said its sales of wind power to commercial customers rose 25 percent in 2007 and again in 2008.
Still, only about 250 businesses buy some measure of wind power from ConEdison Solutions. This number represents slightly over 1 percent of its commercial and industrial customers; of these, some 200 get all of their power from wind farms.
Jorge J. Lopez, chief executive of ConEdison Solutions, said that these buyers were “green pioneers” and that in honor of Earth Day, a ceremony this week involving the City Council speaker, Christine C. Quinn, would honor about a dozen customers.
Commercial purchasers of wind power in New York vary widely in size. They include, for instance, John Masters Organics, a 2,000-square-foot hair salon and hair and skin care company in SoHo, and Chelsea Piers, the one-million-square-foot sports and entertainment complex on the Hudson River.
With few exceptions, commercial users of wind power in New York do not generate this power on site, but rather buy it from companies like ConEdison Solutions and its competitors, including Accent Energy and Energetix.
In 1998, ConEdis"
Square Feet
Some of the Bright Lights of New York’s Businesses Are Powered by Wind
By JANE L. LEVERE
The use of wind power by owners of commercial real estate in New York City is rising rapidly, but from a very low base, according to energy service companies, which supply the power to businesses.
Wind power is expected to be a critical component of President Obama’s plan to expand the production of renewal domestic energy, and there are signs that this is starting to happen in New York. ConEdison Solutions, one energy supplier, said its sales of wind power to commercial customers rose 25 percent in 2007 and again in 2008.
Still, only about 250 businesses buy some measure of wind power from ConEdison Solutions. This number represents slightly over 1 percent of its commercial and industrial customers; of these, some 200 get all of their power from wind farms.
Jorge J. Lopez, chief executive of ConEdison Solutions, said that these buyers were “green pioneers” and that in honor of Earth Day, a ceremony this week involving the City Council speaker, Christine C. Quinn, would honor about a dozen customers.
Commercial purchasers of wind power in New York vary widely in size. They include, for instance, John Masters Organics, a 2,000-square-foot hair salon and hair and skin care company in SoHo, and Chelsea Piers, the one-million-square-foot sports and entertainment complex on the Hudson River.
With few exceptions, commercial users of wind power in New York do not generate this power on site, but rather buy it from companies like ConEdison Solutions and its competitors, including Accent Energy and Energetix.
In 1998, ConEdis"
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