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In 1963, [[Con Edison]] built the [[Ravenswood Generating Station]] on the [[Long Island City]] shore of the river, on land some of which was once stone quarries which provided granite and marble slabs for Manhattan's buildings. The plant has since been owned by [[KeySpan]]. [[National Grid plc|National Grid]] and [[TransCanada Corporation|TransCanada]], the result of deregulation of the electrical power industry. The station, which can generate about 20% of the electrical needs of New York City – approximately 2,500 megawatts – receives some of its fuel by oil barge.<ref name=concrete89>Eldredge & Horenstein (2014), p.89</ref>
North of the power plant can be found [[Socrates Sculpture Park]], an illegal dumpsite and abandoned landfill that in 1986 was turned into an outdoor museum, exhibition space for artists, and public park by
In February 2012 the federal government announced an agreement with [[Verdant Power]] to install 30 [[tidal turbines]] in the channel of the East River. The turbines were projected to begin operations in 2015 and are supposed to produce 1.05 megawatts of power.<ref>{{cite web|title=Turbines Off NYC East River Will Create Enough Energy to Power 9,500 Homes|url=http://energy.gov/articles/turbines-nyc-east-river-will-create-enough-energy-power-9500-homes|author=[[United States Department of Energy]]|accessdate=February 13, 2012}}</ref> The strength of the current foiled an earlier effort in 2007 to tap the river for [[tidal power]].<ref>{{cite news |title=East River Turbines Face Upstream Battle |first=Dave |last=Hogarty |url=http://gothamist.com/2007/08/13/east_river_turb.php |newspaper=[[Gothamist]] |date=August 13, 2007 |accessdate=July 31, 2010}}</ref>
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