NYS Empire State Plaza

NYS Empire State Plaza Emergency Diesel Generator System, Albany, New York
A turnkey 10 MW Emergency Diesel Generator (EDG) project for New York State Capitol’s Empire State Plaza campus and surrounding State buildings.








Client: New York Power Authority



Design-Build Team: Cogen Power Technologies


Construction Value: $28 Million


Output: 10 MW


Operational: August 2023






Cogen Power Technologies is the Design-Builder of a new Emergency Diesel Generator (EDG) System to replace an inadequate, end of life 40-year-old existing emergency
power system.

The turnkey 10 MW EDG project (with N+1 redundancy) features four new 2,500 kW Tier 4 Caterpillar diesel engines with emissions controls, a new Power Monitoring and Control (PMC) system, and a full replacement of the entire emergency distribution electrical system.