Sunrise Solar & Wind News

Sunrise Solar & Wind News


Jan 29, 2025

Hurdles Ahead for Long Island Green Energy

They are planning to build 84 wind turbines three times taller than the Statue of Liberty. A 123-mile ocean cable will connect them to the mainland and then run 17 miles to a switching station. They’ve designed a new operations center and a training facility and have commissioned a 262-foot-long ship to service the windmills. They’re even paying $140 million to the town and county for allowing the cable to come ashore at Smith Point.

Jan 24, 2025

Hold Your Horses, Folks: What Trump’s Wind Energy Halt Means for Sunrise Wind

The Trump administration’s monkey wrench of a “thwack” thrown dead-smack into the heart of wind energy comes after his predecessor Joe Biden gave a blind greenlight to many things green from the Northeast to Idaho, and everywhere beneath and in between.

Daily Feed

Education

Stony Brook students blend fitness and ecology in 3K EcoWalk

Stony Brook University students participated in the "Running Wild 3K EcoWalk," a new Earthstock event conducted on April 21 at the Ashley Schiff Preserve.


Local

Sheriff Toulon unveils new Domestic Violence Bureau office

Joined by the family of Kathy Bishop on the morning of Wednesday, October 29th, Suffolk County Sheriff Errol D. Toulon, Jr. announced the opening of his Domestic Violence Bureau’s new office space.


State

Law firm donates high-tech golf cart to state park police

Park Police gain an edge on the course with a new golf cart donation.