The project is centrally-located within an industrial area in the town of Brookhaven. The site is surrounded by industrial properties in every direction. There are less than half a dozen residences within a three-quarter mile radius of the project site, far less than for any other baseload power project on Long Island.
The cleanest plant on Long Island, the CLIEC produces 94 percent fewer pollutant emissions and 36 percent less greenhouse gas emissions compared to older baseload generating units on Long Island. The benefit to the environment is that 10 million tons less greenhouse gas will enter the atmosphere over the expected life of the plant. Ongoing, minute-by-minute monitoring, using state-of-the-art control systems, ensures that Caithness conforms to all rigorous emissions standards set by the EPA and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
The plant incorporates advanced gas turbine combustion technology and air emission control systems which greatly reduce air emissions as compared to the older baseload plants on Long Island.
Combined-cycle generation systems recycle heat that would otherwise have been lost up the stack and instead use it to generate more power, making the process very efficient in the use of fuel. As a result, fuel consumption is reduced by about one-third, fuel costs are substantially lower, and air emissions and the production of greenhouse gases are greatly reduced.
The CLIEC is also the first large power plant on Long Island to employ a closed-cycle, air-cooled condenser in its steam cycle. As a consequence, the plant uses 95 percent less water than other plants on Long Island that employ evaporative cooling systems, saving the extraction of water from Long Island’s aquifers by billions of gallons each year.
Caithness Awards $25K in Scholarships to 28 L.I. High School Seniors — Since 2007, more than $450,000 in scholarships has been awarded to 415 graduatesof Bellport,
SALEM TOWNSHIP — The Caithness Freedom Generating Station team continued its commitment to being a valued community partner by contributing $5,000 to local organizations and
Salem Township, Pa. — The Caithness Freedom Generating Station team continued its commitment to the community this year by contributing $22,000 to the Salem Township Volunteer
— More than $425,000 in scholarships has been awarded to 387 graduates from Bellport, Longwood, and Patchogue-Medford high schools since 2007 — YAPHANK, NY — July
BLOOMSBURG — Jack Monahon, General Manager of Operations for Caithness Energy and asset manager of the Moxie Freedom Generating Station in Salem Township, Luzerne County, recently
— More than $400,000 in scholarships has been awarded to 361 graduates from Bellport, Longwood, and Patchogue-Medford high schools since 2007 — YAPHANK, NY —
Caithness Energy, L.L.C. (“Caithness“) is a privately-held Independent Power Producer specializing in the development, acquisition, operation and management of renewable energy and natural gas projects.
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