RIOC Board Operations Committee Meeting Tomorrow On Verdant Power East River Update, Red Bus, Blackwell Park Playground & Public Purpose Fund

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The RIOC Board Operations Committee will be meeting tomorrow. The agenda is below and is open to the public.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a meeting of the Operations Advisory Committee of the RIOC Board of Directors will be held on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 5:30 p.m. at the RIOC administrative office, 591 Main Street, Roosevelt Island, New York. The Committee will meet to:

1. receive an update on the Verdant Power Project;
2. discuss the red bus operation;
3. discuss the development of the Blackwell Park playground; and
4. discuss the Public Purpose Fund procedures.

Soon thereafter the webcast of the meeting will be available on the RIOC web site.

Climate Crunch has the latest on Verdant Power's Roosevelt Island East River project:

Marine renewable energy solutions company Verdant Power is currently in the process of optimising its technology for commercial distribution.
In May this year, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a public notice stating that it concluded the pre-filing process related to Verdant Power’s application for a commercial license. The next step in the application process for Verdant Power was to submit its final license application. The company has been seeking license to commercially develop the Roosevelt Island Tidal Energy (RITE) Project.

“We have applied for our commercial license with the FERC, which we expect to receive in early 2010,” says Trey Taylor, co-founder & president of the New York-based privately held company.
This will be for the beginning of Verdant’s Third Phase – commercial build-out – starting with 1 MW of installed capacity....