Cold start: Ram’s back – and this time, the weight is on
By TARA TERRANOVA // Ramuel “Ram” Maramara is no stranger to high ambition. And his latest project – helping to power a cleaner future with gravity-based energy storage – is…
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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…
No. 973: On hamburgers, clean energy storage and NYIT entrepreneurship, as Summer unofficially arrives
Summer job: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, and welcome back to Innovate Long Island – back on the beat after our brief holiday respite and excited to carry you…
Time to add nuclear back to Long Island’s energy mix
By MICHAEL H. SAHN // Nuclear power is back – and despite its bad history with nuclear power, Long Island needs to consider it as a progressive energy source. In…
A summer of energetic schooling with SBU (and friends)
By GREGORY ZELLER // Power players from across regional industry and academia have joined forces this summer to give disadvantaged students – and Long Island socioeconomics – an energetic boost….
LI partners provide clean-energy training, en español
By GREGORY ZELLER // Ellos hablan español … and now, they’re fluent in renewable energy technologies, too. “Power Up! Wind, Solar & Renewables” – a workforce-development program created by United…
Green energy stalls unless we minimize moratoriums
By DAVID PENNETTA // Land-use moratoriums are here to stay – but how they work can use a refresher. Moratoriums are a temporary prohibition of an activity. The intention of…
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…
Giving plenty of thought to new green infrastructure
By DAVID PENNETTA // Nothing like nice weather and more daylight to get us thinking green. That’s good, because Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office has laid out some aggressive plans for…
In solar carports, energy savings with extra creativity
By GREGORY ZELLER // From the Department of Multitasking comes energy-savings innovator Energia, which is perfectly happy to save the world, but sees no need to stop there. Launched in…
Cell high: Second-stage Edgewise aiming for an LI first
By GREGORY ZELLER // Which of these Clean Energy Business Incubator Program companies is not like the others? It sounds like a children’s game, but Plainview-based Edgewise Energy truly stands…
Time for the big guns in the war on climate change
By ERNIE FAZIO // The prospect of having to deal with the most obnoxious regimes in the world is repugnant to all of us. On the other hand, we still…
At CEBIP, a familiar face with another bright idea
By GREGORY ZELLER // Turns out, you can go home again – at least, if you’re an energy-efficiency pioneer with cutting-edge technology, major-league partners and world-class ambitions. Such is the…
Hydrogen economy advances with Hempstead HyGrid
By GREGORY ZELLER // One of the nation’s first clean-hydrogen projects is coming to Long Island, courtesy of one of the region’s largest utilities. National Grid and the Town of…
At COP26, last chance for Long Island – and the world
By JOHN PARKER // It’s fall in America and an impactful event is about to begin on the other side of the Atlantic: The 26th U.N. Climate Change Conference of…