SUSTAINABILITY - New York Plans $40M in Prizes for Storm-Resilient Microgrids

New York governor Andrew Cuomo has put $40 million in prize money behind his push to bolster the state’s post-Hurricane Sandy storm resilience with community microgrids. But will that be enough to overcome the regulatory and economic barriers that have challenged efforts to create microgrids in the Empire State? That’s the question facing would-be contenders for the NY Prize competition. As part of a much broader $17 billion storm preparedness p ...

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