Climate progress requires action, and that starts in NY
By ROBERT B. CATELL // New York is at the center of climate ambition in the United States. Our region has always been at the forefront of the research and…
AERTC
Grid resiliency gets tough, so the Digital Twin gets going
By GREGORY ZELLER // Greater power-grid resilience and efficiency – and the lab work and experimentation that will create them – are coming to Stony Brook University. The State University…
No. 765: Dining on ashes, extended funding rounds and icy miracles – and keeping it real with CIBS
Fast forward: The winter-break workweek speeds along, intrepid innovators – it’s Wednesday already and all downhill from here (the positive version). We’re racing with you step for step on…
Teaching Master Teachers a thing or two at the AERTC
By GREGORY ZELLER // A stronghold of higher-ed science is sharing its genius with Long Island’s littlest learners, with the help of some educational masters. A dozen representatives of the…
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. 720: A pre-Labor Day celebration, featuring Teddy Roosevelt, Mike Richter and zombies (with coconuts)
Final thoughts: You made it, intrepid innovator! Not just the end of another busy workweek but the Friday before Labor Day weekend – truly, the official unofficial end of…
AEC 2022 gets the clean-energy band back together
By GREGORY ZELLER // And now back to our regularly scheduled low-carbon economy, already in progress. Four years since last gathering in person – and 14 months since a post-pandemic…
Energy Department veteran to lead wind consortium
By GREGORY ZELLER // A former U.S. Department of Energy bigwig will temporarily lead an ambitious New York-based consortium focused on maximizing the nation’s promising offshore-wind industry. The National Offshore…
BAH aims high, again, with ‘smart’ gas-leak sensors
By GREGORY ZELLER // A Stony Brook-based R&D enterprise that’s already scored one of its niche industry’s biggest successes may be on the verge of large-scale greatness, once again. Packing…
A sweet new gig for this grizzled clean-gen guru
By DAVID HAMILTON // So, a food incubator … a what now? I’ve run Stony Brook University’s Clean Energy Business Incubator Program for the past decade, and its Advanced Energy…
Energetic Takeuchi collects another world-class honor
By GREGORY ZELLER // Add another prestigious scientific award to Esther Takeuchi’s impressive trophy case. The internationally renowned pride of Stony Brook University – where she serves as a SUNY…
In business and in life, it’s always who you know
By PAUL SCHWARTZ // Building a network is critical to any business’ success – consider ThermoLift, which wouldn’t be where it is today without this foundation of entrepreneurism. Network-building is…
New top chef brings real energy to Calverton Incubator
By GREGORY ZELLER // Stony Brook University’s most energetic commercialization expert (literally) has taken the reins of the university’s tastiest business incubator (also literally). David Hamilton, known best for shepherding…
Episode 14: David Hamilton – Most Energetic Innovator
David Hamilton is one of the hardest workers in all of Long Island innovation. As executive director of Stony Brook University’s Clean Energy Business Incubator Program and chief operating officer…
At Spellman’s electricity lab, everything’s under control
By GREGORY ZELLER // A regional manufacturer of custom high-voltage power systems and one of Long Island’s top research institutions have teamed up to advance the next generation of power…