{"id":1342,"date":"2017-04-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trccompanies.com\/insights\/trc-and-partners-win-1-million-grant-for-engineering-innovative-new-york-microgrid\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T14:15:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T14:15:02","slug":"trc-and-partners-win-1-million-grant-for-engineering-innovative-new-york-microgrid","status":"publish","type":"news-and-insights","link":"https:\/\/www.trccompanies.com\/fr\/insights\/trc-and-partners-win-1-million-grant-for-engineering-innovative-new-york-microgrid\/","title":{"rendered":"TRC and partners win $1 million grant for engineering innovative New York microgrid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Long Island, New York, town of Huntington has experienced power outages during severe storms for several years, including an eight-day blackout following Superstorm Sandy in October 2012.<\/p>\n

Now TRC is proud to be helping Huntington pursue plans to bolster power reliability and climate-change resiliency with a sophisticated new \u201ccommunity microgrid\u2019\u2019 combining solar energy, a fuel cell, biogas from the town\u2019s wastewater treatment plant, and traditional natural gas to deliver electricity and heat to local customers and institutions. The project would include super-efficient \u201ccombined heat and power\u201d (CHP) units that use gas to generate electricity as well as warmth for buildings and hot-water supplies.<\/p>\n

Last month, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)\u00a0announced<\/a>\u00a0that the Huntington microgrid project has won $1 million in Stage 2 funding under NYSERDA\u2019s NY Prize competition to move forward into detailed engineering design. TRC will provide engineering and project management in collaboration with the local utility, PSEG Long Island, the New York Power Authority and Huntington.<\/p>\n

With its robust and diverse mix of fuel sources, the microgrid is envisioned to provide energy to Huntington\u2019s town hall and wastewater treatment plant, Huntington Hospital, Huntington YMCA, Flanagan Senior Center, and possibly other customers as well. In a future major weather event that caused a utility power failure, the microgrid would activate instantaneously to ensure heat and power are available at key municipal facilities and designated emergency shelters.<\/p>\n

NYSERDA and the Cuomo Administration are supporting the development of microgrids across New York as part of the state\u2019s goal to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent by 2030, and to increase the state\u2019s share of energy from renewable sources to 50 percent in 2030. The state also sees microgrids playing a key role in helping local governments modernize and harden their energy infrastructure to become more resilient during weather emergencies.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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