Brooklyn’s NineDot is bringing cleaner energy to urban environments with unique projects — after filling out loads of paperwork first.
The bureaucratic hurdles are a costly, time-consuming quagmire, Inside Climate News reported. At the same time, New York’s goal for its grid to be powered with 70% renewables is providing ample opportunity. NineDot is navigating the red tape to provide cleaner electricity on the neighborhood level.
“It doesn’t take years to physically build the project. It just takes years to develop it because of all the checkpoints,” Adam Cohen, one of the startup’s founders, told ICN about the financing, permits, and legwork that needs to be completed first…