National Grid wants to turn Long Island into a clean energy hub powered by renewable power sources.
The company released its Northeast Clean Energy Vision on Monday, which outlines four components that would transition the area’s power infrastructure and build on National Grid’s previously announced plan to eliminate fossil fuels from its gas and electric systems by 2050.
The components of the company’s model include developing more clean and carbon-free energy from offshore wind and solar sources; using renewables to create clean hydrogen to fuel power plants and heat homes; bringing more battery storage online to store wind and solar energy for later use; and modernizing and expanding transmission networks to deliver more clean and carbon-free energy to customers and communities.
“We believe that innovative regional hubs where clean energy solutions – wind, solar,…
National Grid eyes clean energy hub for Long Island
