Don't corporations realize that taking baby-steps towards sustainable energy yield massive amounts of positive PR?
Gristedes Will Be First Tidal-Powered Store
A Gristedes supermarket on Roosevelt Island here next week will be receiving electrical power from five underwater turbines powered by the tidal currents of the East River. The kinetic hydropower generators will make Gristedes the world’s first supermarket powered by tidal currents, said Trey Taylor, co-founder and president of Verdant Power, told SN in an interview. The Roosevelt Island Tidal Energy project has been under way since 2002 and currently has a single turbine providing supplemental electricity to the store, Taylor said.
Kudos to Gristedes (a NYC chain, pictured above in a 35 mm snapshot taken of Matthew Sharlot's wife, Karen Keohane Sharlot)
Tags: Energy, /environment, /grocery, /New_York
