Shell of a sustainable effort on the Nissequogue River
By GREGORY ZELLER // A range of sustainable green features and a mandate to protect the state’s marine habitats mark the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s new Suffolk…
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Apollo: Not quite the God of Light, but it’s a good start
By GREGORY ZELLER // A Long Island-created solar technology – potentially, a long-term solution for noisy, diesel-powered construction-zone nightlights – is shining bright at Molloy College. The Apollo Lighting Tower…
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…
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…
Albany energizes ‘solar-plus-storage’ across LI
By GREGORY ZELLER // State officials are once again supercharging residential and commercial clean-generation energy technologies on Long Island. With Albany having already set parameters for energy-storage technologies – and committed…
In Holtsville, a crowning clean-gen achievement
By GREGORY ZELLER // Long Island’s food-and-beverage king has completed an ambitious solar installation promising royal benefits – for itself, and for the regional power grid. Along with its partners…
Clean-gen investment firm shines in megawatt deal
By GREGORY ZELLER // Alternative-generation startup CleanCapital has announced its second major solar acquisition in one month – another impressive forward step for the innovative New York City-based online marketplace…
With 20 MWs (and counting), ‘Solarize’ initiative shines
By GREGORY ZELLER // A New York State program created to fund statewide solar-power initiatives is pumping out dollars and helping to pump up the Empire State’s supply of renewable…
With new ‘partner,’ it’s sun-for-all and all for SUNation
By GREGORY ZELLER // Trumpeting a “strategic partnership” benefitting a wider regional customer base, a Long Island-based solar-system installer has executed a non-hostile takeover of another Island solar firm. Ronkonkoma-based…
Digital maps show Island is a clean-energy leader
A national nonpartisan business group has flipped the switch on an interactive “mapping resource” that tracks the spread of clean-energy technologies across New York State. Environmental Entrepreneurs, a Washington-based consortium…
Long Island looks into the eyes of the sun
By GREGORY ZELLER // New York State is lapping the nation in solar-power growth – but Long Island may be hitting its head on solar’s technological ceiling. Gov. Andrew Cuomo…