Summer, and the water’s fine for Brimes Energy
By GREGORY ZELLER // A second summer of domestic ocean testing is yielding promising results for Brimes Energy’s “artificial jellyfish” – with a major ocean test off the Philippines about…
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China patent, new tech heat ThermoLift’s summer
By GREGORY ZELLER // Technological advances and a first-ever international patent have made for a hot summer at ThermoLift, which is closing in rapidly on critical field tests for its…
Gov introduces $16M ‘Clean Communities’ fund
A new state initiative will pour millions into local governments looking to reduce energy consumption and promote community-based clean-energy projects. Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday announced the launch of Clean…
BNL snags key role in $50M battery effort
By GREGORY ZELLER // A host of advanced Brookhaven National Laboratory technologies will bolster a $50 million national campaign to create next-generation electric-vehicle batteries. The laboratory’s National Synchrotron Light Source II…
LIPA trustees postpone wind-farm vote
By GREGORY ZELLER // The Long Island Power Authority has delayed a vote on a proposed turbine farm that would set a new high-water mark for U.S. offshore wind-energy projects. LIPA trustees…
A summer of endless incubation at CEBIP
By GREGORY ZELLER // Summer slowdown? Not at the Clean Energy Business Incubator Program, where a full slate of new clients and educational networking programs is giving a traditionally sagging…
SBU nanotech fuels upstate collaboration
By GREGORY ZELLER // A collaboration between a Long Island tech spinoff and an upstate manufacturer could speed a Stony Brook University-born nanotechnology to market – and set the fuel-cell…
Feds set wind-energy lease sale for LI waters
By CARL CORRY // More than 80,000 acres of federal waters about 11 miles off the coast of Long Island will be made available to lease for off-shore wind-energy development,…
Green Bank inks four solar deals
NY Green Bank, the state’s $1 billion energy financing arm, has completed four new deals that will encourage job creation and private investment. Combined, the efforts are expected to facilitate…
Jasmine Universe is now officially a thing
By GREGORY ZELLER // World, meet Universe. Jasmine Universe, an energy-use startup developing technology to maximize efficiency in home and work environments, made its official public debut Thursday at Advanced…
State microgrid program ups the ante
Another $8 million is up for grabs in Phase II of the NY Prize microgrid competition, officially kicked off Wednesday by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Following 2015’s $8.3 million Phase I,…
NYPA project named Grid Edge winner
A partnership between the New York Power Authority and Talisen Technologies has been named a 2016 winner of the Grid Edge Awards, which recognize the top 20 companies or projects…
Checking in with: Brimes Energy’s Ram Maramara
By GREGORY ZELLER // The artificial jellyfish is heading to the Philippines. And perhaps the Caribbean. And someday soon, maybe everywhere else. Brimes Energy, a member of Stony Brook University’s…
In renewables, no Island should be an island
By GREGORY ZELLER // A report this week detailing state incentives and private investments funneled into structural energy-efficiency projects shows Long Island trailing well behind the rest of New York…
Invenergy seeks Brookhaven IDA assistance
A Chicago-based owner/operator of energy storage and generation projects across North America and Europe is looking to shine in Shoreham. And Invenergy – whose portfolio includes wind, solar and natural…