Ravenswood Generating Station is a central piece of the city's energy supply — primarily by burning natural gas and fuel oil. Gothamist toured the facility to learn about its new plan to go green.

Labor union members at New York’s Ravenswood Generating Station will become the US’s first fossil fuel power plant workers to transition to operating offshore wind equipment. Ravenswood is a ...

Ravenswood electricity generating station in Long Island City, New York. Rise Light & Power, owned by the New York company LS Power Group, said that it plans to turn the Ravenswood plant into a ...

New York City's energy grid is working overtime to keep up with demand that is rising more quickly by the day because of ...

New York City’s largest fossil-fuel plant, which powers 20% of the city, will be replaced with offshore wind power. Ravenswood Generating Station is the New York City fossil fuel plant that will ...

The plant is currently fired primarily by No. 6 fuel oil and natural gas. Ravenswood was originally built in 1963 and was owned by Consolidated Edison of New York.

Plummer added that Rise Light and Power has already retired some of the fossil fuel machinery at Ravenswood, including 17 polluting “peaker” units—which kick in when the power grid hits high ...

The Ravenswood peaker plant. February 21 2025 5 min read Share. ... Filling the gap are peaker plants, smaller power plants that use oil or natural gas to generate energy when demand is high.

RAVENSWOOD, W.Va.. — A Michigan company envisions a new plant in West Virginia as the future model for how its products are built. ONE, Our Next Energy, announced in recent days they would ...

New York gets tough with owners of natural gas plants, forcing some out of business New York's green-energy push puts natural gas plant owners on the defensive, forcing some out of the business.

The plan to retire and reimagine the cavernous Ravenswood electricity generating station, which opened in Long Island City in 1963 and can power up to 50% of the city, would take years and require ...