The climate’s already changed. Will LI land-use laws?
By MICHAEL H. SAHN // July 2023 was the hottest month ever recorded. That includes the three hottest days ever, averaging global temperatures. In South America, where it’s winter right…
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The Debrief: New faces, historical mission at the MTRC
Change is afoot at Stony Brook University’s Manufacturing and Technology Resource Consortium. Not the MTRC’s mission; Empire State Development’s regional Manufacturing Extension Partnership center has always provided job-creation and…
On a slow boat from Texas, LI’s energy future sets sail
By GREGORY ZELLER // A major milestone for Long Island’s offshore wind industry has put to sea – off the Texas coast. International offshore-wind development partners Ørsted A/S and Eversource Energy are…
SUNY scores as OWTI floats $4M in training grants
By GREGORY ZELLER // State awards for the development of an offshore-wind workforce are beginning to circulate around Long Island. The Offshore Wind Training Institute – an academic-government partnership focused…
No. 784: Safety first, followed by scary parachute jumps, coronary transplants and Schindler’s risky list
End run: Welcome to Friday, intrepid innovators, as we wrap up another progressive week (and exciting month) in socioeconomic innovation. Before we get to our well-earned mid-Spring weekend, just…
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…
CIBS panel accentuates commercial RE’s positives
By GREGORY ZELLER // “Cautious optimism” set the tone Feb. 16, when regional experts laid bare the realities of Long Island commercial real estate. Nearly 200 attendees packed RXR Executive…
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…
CCE Nassau heads up ambitious LI Clean Energy Hub
By GREGORY ZELLER // A $4 million NYSERDA investment will connect Long Island communities to cutting-edge clean-energy resources, with Cornell University’s statewide knowledge network leading the way. Cornell Cooperative Extension…
No. 742: Bullies beware! We’re pushing back with Vitamin C, Two Noons, EV shuttles and warm cider
Thanks (to you): Welcome to Friday, dear readers, as we wrap up this latest workweek and look ahead to Thanksgiving week, when even cutting-edge socioeconomic innovation bows to family…
BOEM shares draft review as Empire Wind whips up
By GREGORY ZELLER // With a crucial public-comment period looming, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is spilling the beans on a major offshore-wind proposal for New York waters. The…
Think globally: Italian, French partners electrify LI grid
By GREGORY ZELLER // From our Innovate Italy bureau comes an international energy infrastructure-development agreement with electrifying potential for Long Island. Terna USA – recently spun off of the Rome-based…
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…
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. 712: Artistic Napoleon, iron lungs and overlooked inventors, with opportunity blowing in the wind
Away we go: Welcome to Friday, dear readers, and not just any Friday but the last Friday in July – and your last Innovate Long Island newsletter for 10…