Dec 12, 2012 9:09 AM
Two companies are battling for a contract with the Long Island Power Authority to open a new natural gas-fueled power plant on Long Island, and one held a public information meeting last week to outline the benefits of converting the former Shoreham nuclear power plant to suit the company’s needs.
J-Power USA, an Illinois-based subsidiary of the Japanese firm J-Power, wants to install a modern natural gas-powered plant at the site of the never-opened nuclear power plant built by the Long Island Lighting Company in the 1970s. The company is seeking permission to transform the multimillion-dollar property, which is now owned by LIPA, and reopen it as a Tesla generating station—a combined cycle power plant that would become part of the Shoreham Energy Park already operating at the location. Owned by... more
J-Power USA, an Illinois-based subsidiary of the Japanese firm J-Power, wants to install a modern natural gas-powered plant at the site of the never-opened nuclear power plant built by the Long Island Lighting Company in the 1970s. The company is seeking permission to transform the multimillion-dollar property, which is now owned by LIPA, and reopen it as a Tesla generating station—a combined cycle power plant that would become part of the Shoreham Energy Park already operating at the location. Owned by... more
