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Industry Research & Development Programs
New York State's industrial sector directly employs nearly a million people and contributes $80 billion to the Gross State Product. NYSERDA's Industrial Research and Development Program helps New York State manufacturers become more competitive by adopting energy-efficient, environmentally friendly technologies, and developing energy-efficient, environmentally desirable products that are sold all over the world. These activities translate into more jobs, a stronger economy, greater energy security, and a healthier environment in New York State.
Program Areas
Goals and Objectives
- Revitalize the State's industrial sector through
- demonstration and adoption of innovative processes and technologies that increase energy efficiency, productivity and competitiveness; and reduce electric loads, waste and pollution; and
- development, manufacturing, and commercialization of energy-efficient and environmentally friendly products.
- Increase market acceptance and penetration of clean, efficient distributed generation (DG) and combined heat and power (CHP) technologies by
- demonstrating the performance of DG in CHP applications across various sectors;
- addressing institutional impediments such as utility interconnection, standby service tariffs, and siting and permitting; and
- increasing end-user awareness.
- Enable early adoption of emerging energy technologies through
- end-user demonstrations of energy management and power quality technologies such as smart sensors, innovative controls, advanced diagnostics, and peak-load management; and
- utility-scale application of high-temperature superconductivity (HTS).
- Identify and address the challenges to adopting hydrogen as an energy carrier by
- improving methods of producing, storing and distributing hydrogen;
- demonstrating the use of hydrogen in stationary power systems or vehicles; and
- developing codes, standards and awareness.
- Strengthen New York State’s electric power delivery system through
- demonstrating a wide array of technologies that improve the performance of the State’s electric power delivery system; and
- developing innovative strategies that support sustainable investment and continued improvement of the electric power delivery infrastructure.
- Foster partnerships and technology transfer by
- identifying and applying innovative solutions to energy and environmental problems common to many New York firms in the same industry;
- bringing together collaborative teams of companies, economic development organizations, industry trade groups, and universities to promote commercialization; and
- utilizing resources from national groups, such as the US Department of Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, and the Association of State Energy Research and Technology Transfer Institutions (ASERTTI), as well as state and regional groups, such as the Business Council of New York State, Empire State Development, the Manufacturers' Association of Central New York, and New York's Centers for Advanced Technology (CATs), Technology Development Organizations (TDOs), and university centers.
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