Deregulation: Cutting red tape is not so black-and-white
By MICHAEL H. SAHN // Long Island is on the front lines of the battle between the federal government and New York State over Trump 2.0’s aggressive pursuit of government…
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Island solar site among first OK’d by new state office
By GREGORY ZELLER // New York has greenlighted two major solar-energy facilities, including one on Long Island – the first renewable-energy facilities approved under new state regulations. The New York…
Universities unite to batten the energy grid’s hatches
By GREGORY ZELLER // From the Department of Resiliency comes Yacov Shamash, the one-time Stony Brook University vice president for economic development who “retired” two years ago but remains very…
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…
For New York State, RNG is a no-carbon no-brainer
By SCOTT CHABINA // As the advisory committees that comprise the New York State Climate Action Council consider public comments and deliberate on the Empire State’s clean energy future, a…
No. 276: John Kominicki remembered and Island manufacturing re-imagined, with just two minutes left until the apocalypse
Happy Friday, everyone: And welcome to another well-earned weekend. Tribute To A Friend Friends and colleagues of Innovate Long Island founder John Kominicki are invited to a memorial remembrance on…
Leibowitz: New York poised to lead on renewables
By HEATHER LEIBOWITZ, ESQ. // Ten years of progress has positioned New York to take renewable energy to the next level. Since 2007, New York has seen a 6,548 percent…
Proposed plant applauds renewable/fossil study
As renewable programs struggle to set a new national energy tone, the Long Island-based subsidiary of a major independent power producer is lauding a new international study calling for greater…
In renewables, no Island should be an island
By GREGORY ZELLER // A report this week detailing state incentives and private investments funneled into structural energy-efficiency projects shows Long Island trailing well behind the rest of New York…
Got a couple spare megawatts? Call PSEG
Long Island energy supplier PSEG has issued a Request for Proposals to help make good on a three-year-old promise. In an October 2012 resolution, the utility’s trustees set a power-supply…
Cuomo unveils community-based renewables program
Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office announced a Shared Renewables Program on Thursday that aims to make clean and affordable energy available to millions of New Yorkers. The program, part of Cuomo’s…