There are roughly 8.3 million people living in NYC within a 300 square mile area. As a result, NYC is one of the toughest cities to find open real estate for development. Additionally, since real estate is scare, the cost of land comes at a premium. The key would be, finding underutilized real estate in the NYC service area. There is a need for a development company that focuses on this issue. In order to accomplish this a developer would build need to build renewable generation at unique locations in NYC.
The focus would be on developing abandoned Islands, and open-air rail road and train yards. In NYC there are 42 islands, 6 major water ways, 25 train yards, and 11 rail road yards. These areas represent areas that would be ideal for Solar and Tidal farms with Hybrid Storage. The water ways in NYC are both tidal and flowing (Tidal Straight), which would be prime for Tidal energy systems.