For Immediate Release
For more info: Ray Hull 518-862-1090 x3356
NYSERDA Funds 15 Environmental Research Projects
Statewide;
$8.5 Million in Studies of Adirondack Lakes to New York City Air Quality
Albany Mar 10- The New York State Energy Research and Development
Authority (NYSERDA) has selected 15 Environmental Monitoring, Evaluation
and Protection Program (EMEP) projects valued at more than $8.5 million,
with $4 million New York Energy $martSM for co-funding.
Each of the co-funded projects contributes data and knowledge to legislators
and regulators concerned with energy-related pollution effects on
New York State.
Issues including comparative emissions levels of new forms of energy
generation, acid rain, fine particle pollution and others will be
conducted by universities, government agencies, corporations and environmental
groups, including: the University at Albany, E&S Environmental
Chemistry, Inc., U.S. Geological Survey, Clarkson University, Wildlife
Conservation Society/Adirondack Cooperative Loon Program, Resources
for the Future, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation,
GE Energy & Environmental Research, Navigant Consulting and Rutgers
University.
"NYSERDA support of these 15 cost-shared projects continues
our commitment to research environmental issues- related to electricity
generation,” said Peter R. Smith, Acting President of NYSERDA.
“Since 1998, the EMEP program has provided objective and policy--relevant
research to track electricity-related pollutants, assess electricity
generation pollution relative to other sources, and develop mitigation
strategies to improve environmental quality, while providing the foundation
for environmental decision-making by scientists and policymakers.”
Fifty proposals were received, analyzed and ranked by EMEP and a
panel of technical experts that recommended funding for the following
15 projects.
Clarkson University - Impact of in-and out-of-state Power Plants
on Semivolitile Pollutants in New York State $570,995 total cost
with $275,000 NYSERDA matching funds; and $37,129 to conduct a workshop
on Incorporation of Receptor Models into Particulate Matter (PM) and
Adverse Health Effects Study, with NYSERDA contributing $26,191.
E&S Environmental Chemistry, Inc., Assessment of, Extent to
Which, Intensively-Studied Lakes are Representative of the Adirondack
Mountain Region, for $1,100,075 with NYSERDA contributing $250,000.
GE Energy & Environmental Research, Fine Particulate Matter
Precursor Emissions from Biofuel Combustion and Distributed Generation
Sources, $942,432 total with $407,139 matching from NYSERDA.
Navigant Consulting - Analysis of New Pollution-Control Strategy
Utilizing Emission-Reduction Credits and Small-Scale Combined Heat
and Power Units for $62,500 total with $50,000 contributed by
NYSERDA; and, Quantifying the Environmental Benefits of Increased
Deployment of Combined Heat and Power Technologies in New York State
and the Impact of Proposed Emissions Standards for Small Distributed
Generation for $226, 270 total with NYSERDA sharing $170,014 of
the cost.
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation - Statewide
Strategic Monitoring of Mercury in New York State Fish with NYSERDA
funding $432,166 of the total $658,513 cost.
Resources for the Future - Multi-Pollutant Policies for the Electricity
Sector and Environmental Quality in the Empire State, $479,320
total cost with NYSERDA contributing $200,000.
Rutgers University - Sampling and Analysis of Organic Components
of Particulate Matter in the New York City Area for $428,890 total
with a NYSERDA contribution of $228,890.
U.S. Geological Survey - Potential Recovery of Water Chemistry
and Stream Biota from Reduced Levels of Acid Deposition at a Sensitive
Watershed in the Catskill Mountains, $53,563 total with $25,216
from NYSERDA; and, Quantifying Atmospheric Nitrogen Sources with
New Stable Techniques at $509,849 total with $334,264 from NYSERDA;
and, Assessment of Chemistry and Benthic Communities in Streams
of the Oswegatchie-Black River Basins of the Adirondack Region
for $853,517 total with $450,000 from NYSERDA,.
University at Albany, Atmospheric Sciences Research Center - $1,965,558
total for a study of Joint Enhanced Ozone and PM Precursor/Particulate
Matter 2.5 Technology Assessment and Characterization Study in New
York, with $821,471 contribution from NYSERDA,.
University at Albany - Formation and Transformation of Particles
in Motor Engine Exhaust for $337,248 total with $100,000 from
NYSERDA.
Wildlife Conservation Society, a $357,050 study Long-term Monitoring
and Assessment of Mercury Based on Integrated Sampling Efforts Using
the Common Loon, Prey Fish, Water, and Sediment with a match of
$213,770 NYSERDA,.
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)
is a public benefit corporation created in 1975 by the New York State
Legislature. NYSERDA's responsibilities, among others, include conducting
a multifaceted energy and environmental research and development program
to meet New York's diverse economic needs; administering the New
York Energy $martSM program; making energy more affordable
for residential and low-income households; assisting industries, schools,
hospital, municipalities; not-for-profits, and the residential sector
implement energy efficiency measures; financing energy-related projects
that reduce cost for ratepayers.
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