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St. Barnabas Hospital to begin building power plant

Project marks Bronx site's conversion from dirty No. 6 heating oil to natural gas

183rd Street and Third Avenue in Bronx
183rd Street and Third Avenue in Bronx

The St. Barnabas Hospital in the Bronx plans to launch construction later this month of a $20 million power plant that will eliminate its use of harmful heating oil.

The 148-year-old, 461-bed facility has been relying on No. 6 heating oil for about a century via boiler-powered system. The power plant will allow for the switch to natural gas. Officials expect to save between $2.5 million and $2.8 million per year.

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First, the plant’s 150-foot chimney, which has been a staple of East 182nd Street and Third Avenue for about 75 years, will be demolished as a result, Crain’s reported.

The city ordered in 2011 that No. 6 will be prohibited as of July 2015, as previously reported. [Crain’s] — Mark Maurer

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