CEBIP takes big step on EPIC clean-energy journey
By GREGORY ZELLER // One of Long Island’s most successful business-incubation programs has just pocketed a cool 50 grand – and moved closer to even bigger rewards in a national…
Clean Energy
BOEM shares draft review as Empire Wind whips up
By GREGORY ZELLER // With a crucial public-comment period looming, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is spilling the beans on a major offshore-wind proposal for New York waters. The…
Albany, Suffolk close land deal, opening wind tunnel
By GREGORY ZELLER // From the By Land and By Sea File comes an official transfer of property between New York State and Suffolk County, clearing the path for an…
At AEC 2022, high stakes for new energy-storage tech
By GREGORY ZELLER // Albany has awarded $16.6 million to five “long-duration energy-storage projects” – with another $17 million teed up for projects that can harness and store renewable energy….
No beach vacation for busy offshore-wind consortium
By GREGORY ZELLER // There’s a lot going on this summer in coastal waters, and shark attacks are the least of it. The winds of change blow consistently through the…
LI ceremony kicks off state’s first offshore-wind farm
By GREGORY ZELLER // The future of the national energy industry is now rising off the Long Island coast. Construction of the South Fork Wind Farm – officially, New York’s…
With billions blowing around, Albany inks wind deals
By GREGORY ZELLER // For the second time in one week, New York has surged toward its offshore-wind destiny – this time, finalizing megawatt power contracts with billion-dollar implications. A…
Auction sets New York Bight’s offshore-wind course
By GREGORY ZELLER // Get your bids ready – the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has scheduled a Feb. 23 “wind auction” to divvy up 480,000 watery acres off…
Hydrogen economy advances with Hempstead HyGrid
By GREGORY ZELLER // One of the nation’s first clean-hydrogen projects is coming to Long Island, courtesy of one of the region’s largest utilities. National Grid and the Town of…
International shakedown marks TC3’s ultimate test
By GREGORY ZELLER // The future of energy efficiency is happening right now at ThermoLift – more specifically, it’s happening in British Columbia. Just months after the Natural Gas Innovation…
Major federal grant powers SBU, BNL battery program
By GREGORY ZELLER // One of Stony Brook University’s newer scientific institutes – focused on the future of electric vehicles – has been supercharged by a major U.S. Department of…
Apollo: Not quite the God of Light, but it’s a good start
By GREGORY ZELLER // A Long Island-created solar technology – potentially, a long-term solution for noisy, diesel-powered construction-zone nightlights – is shining bright at Molloy College. The Apollo Lighting Tower…
Revolutionary TC3 sets make-or-break Canadian test
By GREGORY ZELLER // A Stony Brook-based carbon-reduction innovator and a large-scale Canadian utility are proceeding with an ambitious field test that will put a groundbreaking climate-control device through its…
Island solar site among first OK’d by new state office
By GREGORY ZELLER // New York has greenlighted two major solar-energy facilities, including one on Long Island – the first renewable-energy facilities approved under new state regulations. The New York…
Ambitious nonprofit spins in center of LI’s windstorm
By GREGORY ZELLER // A new Long Island-based nonprofit organization is aiming to become an online hub for offshore wind-generated power – generated not just off the Island, but across…