With $200M deal, NY wind farms blow closer
By GREGORY ZELLER // A massive offshore-wind farm projected to be up and running by the end of 2025 is already pumping serious currency into Long Island economics. Ørsted A/S…
Eversource Energy
Brookhaven IDA puts a little wind in Sunrise’s sails
By GREGORY ZELLER // The most ambitious regional socioeconomic initiative since the Long Island’s aerospace heydays is getting a nice tax break. Sunrise Wind, a joint venture of Danish multinational Ørsted A/S and Connecticut-based Eversource…
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…
No. 690: Nothing to fear – not Pap smears, Russian planes, networking events or even Friday the 13th
The 13 steps: Welcome to Friday, friends, and not just any Friday but the first and only Friday the 13th of 2022 – bad news if you suffer from…
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…
No. 634: On Beatlemania, bras and an iron baroness, with a head start on your Halloween candy
Already in progress: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as we rejoin our broadcast in the middle of another exciting week of socioeconomic innovation and at the midpoint of the…
NSF backs SBU’s quest for AI-controlled power grid
By GREGORY ZELLER // Handing control of the national power grid over to artificial intelligence? What could possibly go wrong? Remain calm, humans. What sounds like the opening of every…
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…
No. 601: Hawaiian punch, German cake and royal frankfurters, as social scales tip slowly toward balance
Sea-ing is believing: Believe it, dear readers – the weekend is almost here! Yes, it’s Friday on Long Island and around the world, and that isn’t just any well-earned…
No. 600: On milestones, heartfelt habitats and a new chemical bond – plus, a tally on corporate tax breaks
6 × 102: Welcome to Wednesday, June 9, and a very special edition of your Innovate Long Island newsletter. As it says right there at the top, this is…
Episode 9: Kenneth Bowes – Long Island is a Gale Force
Kenneth Bowes is no farmer – but he’s trying to grow Long Island’s all-time most-bountiful harvest. Exciting socioeconomic winds are blowing across the nation, and nowhere do those forward-looking gales…
Wind warriors earn support in Wainscott beach battle
By GREGORY ZELLER // With local opposition still pushing against the tide, Long Island wind-power backers are applauding new state support for a plan to land an undersea transmission cable…