Manhattan's East River Tidal project is changing water currents to electrical currents and unlocking the potential for New York's newest renewable energy technology. It's predictable, reliable, and sustainable and now Manhattan Islanders will be using electricity generated by this project to help meet New York's clean energy goals. Find out more about this fascinating project and what's next in tidal energy generation on part two of "Current Thought" with Verdant Power, Inc.'s Dean Corren.

Part 2

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Matt Ketschke the new president of Con Edison of New York, and the new senior vice president of customer energy solutions, Lenny Singh talk about energy trends in 2021.

Tidal energy is renewable energy harnessed by the natural rise and fall of ocean tides using technologies like turbines to generate electricity. It’s not widely used but can be more predictable than the sun and wind. Con Edison engineers in research and development are exploring its reliability and uses.  Learn more in this episode of “Current Thought" and on our website: https://bit.ly/3rlq2Qm. 

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Move over rooftop solar panels, vertical solar farms are coming! With more than 10 million windows in Manhattan alone, Con Edison is keeping close tabs on the technology that can change a window pane into a solar energy generator, creating a new energy source without altering New York’s spectacular skyline. Learn more in this episode of our new podcast, “Current Thought."

Con Edison’s Bobby Kennedy, his team and the University of Albany are  taking a hyper-local look at New York City weather. With 17 newly  installed weather stations that measure wind, rain, snow, air and even  river temperatures, providing hyper local data to find the so-called  “ground truth.” With that data, trends can be better identified to drive  decisions on everything from climate change to storm hardening the  grid. Learn more in this episode of our new podcast, “Current Thought.”