Monday, November 22, 2010
News
Solar Power Farm Coming to Sunset Park's Brooklyn Army Terminal
Posted
by Benjamin Sutton
on Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 12:46 PM
It's a new micro-trend! Massive ex-military Brooklyn buildings are getting retrofitted with green power-generating technology. First it was the Brooklyn Navy Yard
getting solar and wind power, and now the
Post announces that the
Brooklyn Army Terminal in Sunset Park (pictured, at right, with rendered rooftop solar farm) is slated to receive 50,000 square feet of solar panels as part of the city's Economic Development Corp. plan to test the feasibility of such large-scale clean-energy initiatives for city-owned buildings. The EDC will put up a little over a quarter of the $10 million required for the rooftop installation, for which proposals are currently being solicited, with the rest coming from Federal grants and tax credits. The panels are expected to generate some 600,000 kilowatt hours of electricity a year, roughly enough to supply 120 households. In one stroke, Sunset Park will surpass
City Hall and
Red Hook as the city's foremost 'hood for solar power. (
Curbed)
Tags: Solar Power, Sunset Park, Brooklyn Army Yard, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Clean-energy, Solar panels
