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Hartsdale Resident Receives Award
Contact September 4, 2001 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WHITE PLAINS—Shalom Zelingher, the New York Power Authority’s (NYPA) director of research and technology development, has received an award for his efforts in making the world’s most advanced transmission control device a reality. Zelingher, a Hartsdale resident, was chosen by his peers at EPRI, the electricity industry’s science and technology development organization, to receive the 2000 Product Champion Award for his work on NYPA’s convertible static compensator (CSC). The CSC, being installed at the Frederick R. Clark Energy Center in Marcy (Oneida County), will permit increased power flows on existing transmission lines and could have national and international impacts if the technology is widely adopted. The CSC is being installed through a joint effort by the Power Authority, EPRI, and about 30 electric utilities in the United States and abroad. Construction is under the direction of Siemens Transmission and Distribution. The CSC has already increased statewide transmission capacity and, when fully operational next summer, is expected to permit transmission of enough additional electricity to serve more than 200,000 homes. By sending power over existing transmission lines more efficiently, the CSC will reduce the need to build new power lines, avoiding potential environmental impacts. Zelingher, a member of the Power Authority staff for 18 years, oversees all of NYPA’S research and development programs, with emphasis on such areas as new transmission technologies, electrotechnologies and renewable resource technologies, including generation from fuel cells, solar photovoltaic systems and microturbines. Zelingher holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering from Polytechnic Institute of New York. He and his wife, Alina, live in Hartsdale with their two daughters, Nicole and Jessica. |
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