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The Long Island Association, in conjunction with Stony Brook University's Advanced Energy Research Center, the Gershow Recycling Corporation and Deepwater Wind, hosted a tour last Wednesday of the wind farm recently constructed three miles off the Block Island coastline. At center, in yellow, was LIA Board of Directors member Katherine Heaviside.
The future is blowing in the wind
New York officials say they hope to generate half of the state’s power from renewable sources by 2030. To meet this goal, officials are looking to the recently constructed Block Island offshore wind farm as a model for how renewable energy can power whole communities. more
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Bob Cohen, attorney for the Island Park School District, gave an update on the E.F. Barrett Power Station at the Board of Education meeting on May 22.
I.P. district updates residents on Barrett plant’s future
“They’re not going to repower that plant,” Island Park Schools Superintendent Dr. Rosmarie Bovino told a small group of residents at the district’s May 22 Board of Education meeting, referring to the Long Island Power Authority’s stance on modernizing the E.F. Barrett Power Station, which straddles Island Park and Oceanside. more
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Our future is literally blowin’ in the wind
Long Island was supposed to have 40 or more wind turbines in the Atlantic Ocean by now, generating electricity 3½ to 4½ miles south of Jones Beach, which would have . . . more
Producing more energy than we use
Q. I’m interested in redoing my home to be a zero-energy user. I’ve been investigating the latest materials, like foam insulation and recycled flooring, bamboo (natural) and even low no-emission paint. What can you tell me about . . . more
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An election season we can all be ashamed of
We can be thankful that the 2016 election nightmare is officially over. There are almost no happy observations we can make, but I’m compelled to talk about the bad, which has outweighed the good. more
A simple air conditioning unit cools the engine batteries prior to the next leg of the flight to Europe.
Eyewitness to solar aviation history
Island Park resident Joseph Abate was one of only two newspaper photographers allowed to see and photograph the Solar Impulse 2, the first Round-The-World Solar Flight, on its New York stop. Only the … more
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Tara Bono, Marketing Manager at SunPower by EmPower Solar
The cost of going solar to rise
Federal and state government low cost loans and tax incentives designed to help homeowners install solar energy are either going up in cost or going away beginning in February 2016. Tara Bono, … more
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Susan Grieco/HeraldGov. Andrew Cuomo announced that he would veto the proposed liquefied natural gas import facility Port Ambrose at a press conference at the Long Beach Ice Arena on Nov. 12.
Cuomo kills Port Ambrose project
The atmosphere was electric at the Long Beach Ice Arena on Thursday as Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that he would veto a plan to build a liquefied natural gas import facility roughly 16 nautical … more
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When a New Yorker writer flies off the handle
The April 6 issue of The New Yorker disappointed me. Therein lay what can only be described as a rambling rant decrying the National Audubon Society, of all organizations. more
The U.S. Maritime Administration and Coast Guard held a public hearing about Port Ambrose, a proposed liquefied natural gas terminal in the Atlantic Ocean 18.5 miles southeast of Jones Beach, last Wednesday night in a ballroom at the Hilton New York JFK Airport in Jamaica, Queens. Port Ambrose opponents, who have assembled into a “No LNG Coalition,” conducted a press conference immediately before the hearing, drawing a few dozen people into a small hotel meeting room feet away from the ballroom.
Most at Port Ambrose hearing slam plan
One after another, for four hours, speakers at a hearing last Wednesday in Jamaica, Queens lined up to decry a proposal to build a liquefied natural gas terminal in the Atlantic Ocean 18.5 miles southeast of Jones Beach. more
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