Articles from 174 Power Global

Youth at the Variety Boys & Girls Club of Queens today joined a “speed mentoring” session focused on environmental careers as they learned about electrified transportation and green energy jobs from representatives of the New York Power Authority (NYPA), Con Edison and 174 Power Global, a renewable energy company. 174 Power Global also presented a $15,000 check to the Boys & Girls Club to support STEM programs.

174 Power Global, through its subsidiary TC Colorado Solar, LLC, today announced it has awarded two $1,000 scholarships to Pueblo Community College (PCC) students enrolled in the Solar Photovoltaic Installation Certificate Program via the company’s inaugural Turkey Creek Solar Bright Future Scholarship. The scholarships were awarded to two deserving students, Tyler Chick and Isaac Preciado.

174 Power Global, a leading solar energy company, Gerdau Long Steel North America (Gerdau), a leading steel producer, and TotalEnergies, a broad energy company, today announced the beginning of construction of the Midlothian, Texas Gerdau Solar project, one of the largest behind-the-meter (BTM) solar facilities in the U.S.

Thirty-nine teens from the Variety Boys & Girls Club of Queens today graduated from a summer STEM program where they learned about electricity and renewable energy as part of a New York Power Authority (NYPA) collaboration to support an under-resourced community located near an upcoming clean energy project. 174 Power Global, which is developing a 100 megawatt battery storage facility on the grounds of NYPA’s former Charles Poletti power plant, also announced a $15,000 gift to the Astoria Boys and Girls Club to support future STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) learning curriculums to put students on a path towards green careers and science and technology-related jobs. To wrap up the program, students today participated in a career panel event with subject matter experts from NYPA, 174 Power Global and Con Edison who spoke about their work and answered questions.

174 Power Global today announced that the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) approved a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for its 100-megawatt (MW) energy storage project in Astoria, Queens, under development by its indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, East River ESS, LLC. The East River Energy Storage Project was selected, and subsequently contracted, by Con Edison for an energy supply agreement after the PSC directed the utility to procure and deploy 300 MW of qualified energy storage systems in New York City by 2023. Con Edison’s initiatives to procure more energy storage projects complement New York State’s public policy goals to generate 100% electricity from zero-carbon resources by 2040 and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from 85% below 1990 levels by 2050.

174 Power Global, a leading solar energy company, today announced that it has entered into a 15-year Power Purchase Agreement (“PPA”) with Black Hills Energy to develop a 200-megawatt (MW) solar power production facility, Turkey Creek Solar in Pueblo County, Colorado.