Many hands on deck for ThermoLift 2.0
By GREGORY ZELLER // As you might imagine, ThermoLift’s natural gas-driven heat pump and air conditioning unit, a directed-energy device based on Vuilleumier Cycle thermodynamics, has many parts. Much like the…
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ThermoLift added to WF Innovation Incubator
Stony Brook clean-energy startup ThermoLift has been added to Wells Fargo’s Innovation Incubator, a five-year, $10 million program designed to help accelerate next-gen environmental technologies. ThermoLift will receive up to $250,000 in…
State awards $175M in clean-gen projects
Albany awarded $175 million on Wednesday for five large-scale clean energy projects that are designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while decreasing the state’s reliance on fossil fuels. Sorry, none are on Long…
Solving the power puzzle, by land, sea and air
By GREGORY ZELLER // Wind energy won’t save the world. Neither will wave energy or other forms of hydroelectric generation. So says Daniel Farb, founder of Leviathan Energy, a startup that…
A fresh take on getting energy from the sea
By GREGORY ZELLER // On its way to providing cheap, clean electricity for all mankind, Stony Brook startup Brimes Energy is making a quick detour to address another human inconvenience:…
A royal nod to renewable energy
Queen Elizabeth has filed for a permit to equip her Balmoral estate in Scotland’s Aberdeenshire with solar panels. The house, built by Queen Victoria for her faithful — some say…
It’s Memorial Day, time for a new heating plant
The heat is off at Adelphi University. But that’s OK, it’s summer. By the time the cold weather rolls around again next fall, the heat will be on again –…
East Hampton microgrid plan wins state funding
An East Hampton solar power and energy storage proposal was selected as one of five projects to share $500,000 in initial funding from the state’s community microgrid program, which is…
State unveils solar bulk-buying program
Three community-based solar-power campaigns in Suffolk County are eligible for bulk-purchase discounts through Community Solar NY, a new state initiative announced Monday. Solarize Brookhaven and two campaigns under the Solarize…
SBU, Brookhaven Lab scientists charging towards the future
BY GREGORY ZELLER Good news for the future of Long Island’s innovation economy: Batteries are included. Supercharged by a $10 million research grant and wielding next-level tools that provide unprecedented…