Renewable Energy Park at Wards Island, NYC
New York city will build an alternative-energy theme park on Wards Island. NYC signed a deal with Natural Currents Energy Group to build a renewable energy park on Wards Island. This alternative energy complex will consist of 800 square feet of solar panels, a 140-foot-high wind turbine, and four 100-kilowatt tidal turbines to generate enough electricity to power 100 homes.
Intended to educate New Yorkers on the potential of going green, this demonstration project will generate only a tiny fraction of the energy possible with the technology, Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe told The Post.
“We hope it will prove the worthiness of the island as a location for alternative energy generation,” he said. “We hope it can demonstrate this is a cost-effective way to capture the free energy of wind, sun and tides — and a great way to reduce our carbon footprint and our dependence on oil and gas.”
