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Article: Long Island Power Authority wants stimulus cash for solar projects
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- Long Island Business News
- Article date:
- September 8, 2009
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The Long Island Power Authority on Tuesday said it has applied
for more than $17 from the U.S. Department of Energy to support
solar and wind power projects on Long Island.
The money would come from finds set aside in the last federal
stimulus.
LIPA said the money would cover about half of the costs
associated with three separate renewable energy projects.
For one project, LIPA said it would launch a study into how to
increase the amount of energy it generates from its existing solar
installations, while a second study would attempt to find ways to
reliably gauge how much energy solar panels could generate from
sunlight.
Both studies are intended to support LIPA 50 megawatt solar
generation ...