So much to gain, everything to lose in offshore wind
By MICHAEL H. SAHN // There’s big news off Long Island’s shorelines, where the development of offshore–wind power will lead the Island to the front of the line in achieving…
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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…
Biden’s offshore wind plan shines bright on Long Island
By GREGORY ZELLER // The Biden Administration has announced an ambitious plan to dramatically increase the use of offshore wind power along the East Coast – and stakeholders of all…
In NYSERDA’s ‘Strategic Outlook,’ a sunny LI forecast
By GREGORY ZELLER // You have to say this about NYSERDA: They think big. The New York State Energy Research & Development Authority has unveiled a three-year “Strategic Outlook” combining…
We’ll always have Paris: Biden re-ups, activists rejoice
By GREGORY ZELLER // Regional environmental activists are over the moon about President Joseph Biden’s swift action rejoining the Paris Agreement. Anne Reynolds, executive director of the Albany-based Alliance for…
State launches Offshore Wind Training Institute, again
By GREGORY ZELLER // Representing the largest public investment by any state in offshore wind workforce development, New York’s Offshore Wind Training Institute is now afloat. Seriously. The State University…
COVID’s tough, but climate change is the bigger threat
By MICHAEL H. SAHN // We are at a pivotal moment regarding environment protection, and just as we fast-tracked a COVID-19 vaccine, we must act swiftly – relying on science…
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…
On Jones Beach, a new beachhead in the climate war
By GREGORY ZELLER // An all-season “net zero” nature and energy educational resource has risen on the climate battle’s front lines. Less than two years after it was first announced,…
No. 527: On angry winds, sustained science and better mental health – we’ll sip to that!
Days, and confused: This much we know, dear readers – it’s Friday, Aug. 28, and you’ve completed another summer workweek in the cruel parallel universe that is COVID-19. Just…
New York delegation: End offshore-wind delays now
By GREGORY ZELLER // Long Island political, environmental and labor leaders are calling on Washington to quit stalling and finally designate a final Wind Energy Area in New York waters….
Tomorrow’s turbines, today, on SBU supercomputers
By GREGORY ZELLER // Supercomputers, artificial intelligence and next-generation turbine controls will work together to design the offshore wind farms of the future – a key step for the burgeoning…
LIPA weighs ‘retirement’ at ‘vintage’ Northport plant
By GREGORY ZELLER // Drawing direct parallels to several critical issues – including the COVID-19 pandemic – the Long Island Power Authority is pushing hard to push the Island’s steam-driven…
Island schools to run $20M institute for wind-farmers
By GREGORY ZELLER // The winds of workforce development are blowing again through Long Island’s leading academic institutions, two of which will anchor a new state-sanctioned project targeting the offshore…
Albany eyeing ‘qualifications’ for $200M port plan
By GREGORY ZELLER // Hard to port! No, don’t make a quick left turn – but if you’re a waterfront-based enterprise focused on port operations and related markets, you’ll want…