Clean Parks Program: Blydenburgh Park
Blydenburgh Park is located in the heart of Suffolk County and provides a variety of community recreational opportunities including camping, boating, hiking, and picnic facilities. The parks maintenance and operation equipment, includes a variety of gardening equipment such as lawn mowers, leaf blowers, hedge and line trimmers, chain saws, and a power washer, and transportation vehicles such as utility service vehicles, pickup trucks, golf cars, and boats.

It was the intent of this project was to replace every item of maintenance equipment used in Blydenburgh Park with its electric powered equivalent. Ideally, battery-powered devices should be able to replace all fossil-fuel powered equipment utilized in the operation and maintenance of a county park such as Blydenburgh Park. Successful implementation of this idea would provide significant benefits in terms of noise and emissions reductions.

Download the "Blydenburgh Park" final report

Distributed Generation Monitoring and Control
In the second quarter of 2003, Connected Energy Corporation installed equipment that will provide real-time data and control monitoring at the following LIPA distributed generation (DG) sites:

• Farmingdale University (Fuel Cells)
• Suffolk Legislative Building, Hauppauge (Fuel Cells)
• Nassau Community College (Fuel Cells)
• Long Island University-Southampton College (Fuel Cells)
• Hempstead Animal Shelter (Fuel Cells)
• Zeh Farm, Calverton (Wind Turbine)
• NYIT, Westbury (Solar Photovoltaics)
• Jones Beach Nature Center (Solar Photovoltaics)
• Fala Direct Marketing (Solar Photovoltaics)

Wave Power Feasibility Study
Under the Clean Energy Initiative, LIPA is examining the energy potential from waves. Giannotti Associates of Bellport conducted a feasibility study of wave power generation and mitigation of beach erosion for Long Island. Giannotti investigated available technologies for technical applicability, environmental issues and potential co-funding sources, and developed a unique potential design concept of their own. The Phase 1 final project report is nearing completion and will include documented findings and recommendations for a possible Phase 2 “proof-of-concept” demonstration of one or more potentially viable wave power designs technologies.

Down the "Wave Power Generation and Mitigation of Beach Erosion" report

High Power Chargers
This project involves the design and assembly of a six-port high power sequencing battery charger for materials handling equipment (i.e., forklifts) that will reduce the price (per watt) by one-third to one-half as compared to other chargers on the market. The lower price point will enable smaller companies to contemplate switching to electric forklifts or to shifting their usage to off-peak periods. Odyne Corporation, based in Hauppauge, will work with Pride Equipment (a leading supplier of materials handling equipment) to develop this technology.

EcoDryer
This project tested the benefits of a new European designed dryer that could yield as much as 50% energy savings and 66% power savings. The EcoDryer is a new European product that makes extensive use of United States (Whirlpool) components. Testing conducted on the campus of New York Institute of Technology in September 2001 yielded excellent results, with the EcoDryer consuming 30% less energy and 66% less peak power that a conventional clothes dryer. The EcoDryer is currently undergoing UL testing.