to blast plans for a lithium-ion battery storage site<\/a> next to a school and accusing city officials of quietly fast-tracking permits.<\/p>\n\u201cThis is truly unacceptable,\u201d fumed rally organizer Paul Pogozelski as roughly two dozen protesters lined the street near the vacant lot slated for the NineDot Energy battery warehouse in Middle Village.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Outraged Big Apple residents and lawmakers rallied in Queens Thursday afternoon to blast plans for a lithium-ion battery storage site. Dorian Geiger for NY Post<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile permits were being filed and plans were advancing, our community was told nothing. No public meetings, no notice, no transparency from the company and no transparency from anyone in this neighborhood. That is not representation. That is silence.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Democrat, president of the Middle Village Property Owners Association, also claimed the battery storage\u2019s hefty profits will send local prices soaring.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Locals called for the proposed facility at 64-30 69th Place \u2013 next to a daycare, preschool, and animal hospital, and across from PS 128 \u2013 to be moved to a safer, more suitable location.<\/p>\n
Locals called for the proposed facility at 64-30 69th Place \u2013 next to a daycare, preschool, and animal hospital, and across from PS 128 \u2013 to be moved to a safer, more suitable location. Reuven Fenton\/NY Post<\/p>\n
Protesters also urged both local officials and Brooklyn-based clean energy firm NineDot to be more transparent about the project. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re here to deliver a really simple message that we don\u2019t want a lithium ion battery plant here,\u201d Queens Councilman Phil Wong said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Protesters also urged both local officials and Brooklyn-based firm NineDot to be more transparent about the project. <\/p>\n
The batteries store energy, primarily from emerging solar and wind power, to help New York meet targets under the much-criticized Climate Act of 2019 approved by then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Dorian Geiger for NY Post<\/p>\n
\u201cAll it takes is one incident to burn down this whole neighborhood. We have seen the fires. If you haven\u2019t seen it, go look it up on YouTube. FDNY cannot even put them out. They just let them burn. Please get NineDot to take our empty lot sites and build it there where it\u2019s much better.\u201d<\/p>\n
The batteries store energy, primarily from emerging solar and wind power, to help New York meet targets under the much-criticized Climate Act of 2019 approved by then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo.<\/p>\n
The proposed facility would be across the street from PS 128 in Middle Village. Dorian Geiger for NY Post<\/p>\n
The plan calls for New York to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 40% by 2030 and have 100% zero-emission electricity by 2040. That state must also generate 9,000 megawatts of offshore wind energy by 2035, 6,000 megawatts of solar energy by 2025 and build 3,000 megawatts of energy storage by 2030.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Wong said under a key Adams-era initiative dubbed \u201cCity of Yes,\u201d projects like this can now be built in residential areas, whereas previously they could<\/p>\n
While there are currently 74 existing battery storage facilities in the city \u2014 the planned warehouse would be next to this daycare. Dorian Geiger for NY Post<\/p>\n
\u201cIf they have the permits, whether or not they get the permits, who they spoke to, who they hired to lobby with, they don\u2019t have to tell us, because of the City of Yes,\u201d he blasted.\u00a0<\/p>\n
There are currently 74 existing battery storage facilities in the city \u2013 18 each in Brooklyn and Manhattan, 16 in Queens, and 11 in The Bronx and Staten Island, according to the NYSERDA website.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNew York City agencies, in particular, the FDNY, have the most rigorous energy storage permitting regulations in place in the nation. Any claim that we would build anything which is not approved and permitted by the relevant agencies is a total lie,\u201d a NineDot Energy spokesperson said.<\/p>\n
\u201cEnergy storage makes communities healthier, safer, and cleaner. We understand the concerns that community leaders have raised, and we are working with them on a solution that will best serve Middle Village and the City.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"They\u2019re gonna blow a gasket. Outraged Big Apple residents and lawmakers rallied in Queens Thursday afternoon to blast…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":147032,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[53884,57,9,24,63,4648,122,124,123,2157,58],"class_list":{"0":"post-147031","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-queens","8":"tag-carbon-emissions","9":"tag-metro","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-city","12":"tag-nyc","13":"tag-protests","14":"tag-queens","15":"tag-queens-headlines","16":"tag-queens-news","17":"tag-renewable-energy","18":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147031\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}