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…
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No. 646: Adding some color with red apples, ‘GoldenEye’ and White House hotlines – and rising with Ascend LI
Holiday card: Here we go, dear readers – it’s Dec. 1 out there, midpoint of this workweek but the start of the very last leg of testy, tumultuous 2021….
No. 631: On dames, NASA and hydrogen-based fuels – with fresh-baked cookies
So fast, it’s spooky: Endings and beginnings, dear readers, as another workweek whips by and we race into the month of flamboyant foliage, Bavarian beer festivals and, of course,…
Innovation in the Age of Coronavirus
Vaccinations are ramping up and the pandemic is winding down, but COVID-19 continues to reshape the world around us. And myriad Long Island forces – large and small, corporate and…
In ThermoLift, SBU commercialization done right
By GREGORY ZELLER // The shining star of Stony Brook University’s commercialization ecosystem is all growed up – and ready to reshape the global heating-and-cooling landscape. As a client of…
No. 540: LI’s best chances, the ‘Garbo of the Skies’ and ‘leaderism,’ explained
Well played: Congratulations, dear readers – you’ve cleared hurdles, scored points and otherwise moved the socioeconomic ball, thereby earning yourself another lovely autumn weekend. Food and beverage service: It’s…
Geronimo! National Grid doubles down on renewables
By GREGORY ZELLER // The multinational utility behind several Long Island-based clean-gen efforts has made a big move in Minnesota – and doubled down on its North American renewables program….
No. 505: In which National Grid gifts, interns rise and SBU psychologists dig deep
That’s a wrap: Welcome to Friday, dear readers, as our abbreviated WFH workweek comes to an end and a muggy, late-spring weekend begins, with Long Island now enjoying its…
No. 487: A new academic president, an old telephonic precedent, and innovation saves the world, once again
Breathe easy: Another workweek under COVID-19’s cruel lash comes to an indistinct end, dear readers, as Friday arrives and another homebound weekend begins. Yes, the kids are going cave-happy…
No. 454: Making Whoopi, seating Parks and (kinda) quoting Franklin – plus, the winds of cyberwar blow
Half full: You’ve made it this far, dear reader – it’s Wednesday, Nov. 13, and you’re already halfway through this busy workweek. Well done! Tell everyone how you did…
Ominous winds blow, but offshore efforts hold steady
By GREGORY ZELLER // President Trump is tapping the breaks on offshore-wind development, but the burgeoning billion-dollar industry is still poised to reset environmental and economic barometers. That’s the word…
No. 430: Growing up fast, helping Northwell’s ‘dependents’ and plugging Innovation Park
In country: You’ve done it again, intrepid innovator – another workweek in the books, another weekend on tap. It’s Aug. 16 on Long Island and around the world –…
Giving the LI innovation economy plenty of STEAM
By ROSALIE DRAGO // Employers in technical trades lament the loss of “shop” class and its hands-on maker skills. Business owners complain that candidates possess minimal work experience. But there…
Ambitious agenda, new partnership gas up the IGIT
By GREGORY ZELLER // A new cross-continental collaboration is just one of the innovative energy efforts revving things up inside the Institute for Gas Innovation and Technology. Stony Brook University’s…
Debrief: Catell, consortium set to blow the doors off
Robert Catell isn’t so much “busy” as “hyperactive.” Decades after serving as chairman of KeySpan and National Grid’s U.S. operations, the iconic innovator (last Debriefed by Innovate LI in…