Troy, N.Y.
Hudson Valley Community College has completed its new $8.4 million co-generation facility in Troy, N.Y. Using methane captured from a local landfill, the facility also uses heat generated from the process to heat buildings at the school. Hudson Valley is the first college in the state university system to reach energy independence. The State of New York provided over $2.5 million for the facility’s construction and operation, which will save the college from $50,000 to $60,000 annually in energy costs, and save $1.3 million in taxpayer dollars over the next fifteen years.
