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Legally won Battery storage (BESS) National dataset

Swiftsure BESS / NineDot Giffords Site

Staten Island (Travis & Bulls Head), NY

Source status: Victory: 650 MW Project Scrapped & NY Senate Bill S4390 Introduced

Action hub

The organizing hub for this fight.

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Key issues

Mega-scale lithium array near homes & wetlands; lack of community notification; toxic off-gassing

Mobilization strategy

Grassroots rallies combined with borough-wide political pressure & state legislation

Officials & contacts

NY State Sen. Andrew Lanza; Borough Pres. Vito Fossella

Nearby projects

— other project within ~25 miles, by straight-line distance from an approximate centroid.

Record created 2026-09-25T05:46:23+00 · last updated 2026-09-25T05:46:23+00