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, …
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By Barbra Rubin-Perry
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1/13/16
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Q. We’re perplexed by what to do about our roof after reading your column last week. We’re going to put solar panels on our house. Our roof is about 10 years old. The first question is . . .
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By Monte Leeper
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10/9/15
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Let the sun shine — and provide electric power.
Local high school students won scholarships and awards at the 2015 EmPower Solar Student Competition.
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By Rebecca Melnitsky
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8/5/15
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EmPower Solar, an Island Park, solar energy company, has opened registration for its annual student competition, co-hosted this year by Hofstra University. The competition challenges high school students to use science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM) and creativity to analyze the potential for solar in their own communities. Winners will receive scholarship prizes, internship opportunities, and a grand-prize trip to the 2015 Solar Decathlon in Irvine, California.
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By Barbra Rubin-Perry
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3/18/15
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The Island Park Chamber of Commerce honored former mayor James Ruzicka, retiring State Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg and prominent resident Barbra Rubin-Perry at its annual dinner-dance on Oct. 23, at the Bridgeview Yacht Club.
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By Tom Jordan
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10/29/14
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National Grid is proposing to repower the E.F. Barrett Power Station, a nearly 60-year-old facility on Barnum’s Channel.
Although still in the early stages, the potential plan was outlined …
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By John Maher
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3/19/14
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I ran for 45 minutes over the seashell-coated paths and up and down the steep hills of Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve in Merrick last Saturday, and I didn’t meet a soul, which was surprising and strange, even a little eerie.
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2/7/13
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Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced on Aug. 8 that $30 million has been awarded to 16 developers to finance large-scale photovoltaic (PV) projects at multiple sites in New York City and the lower …
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8/15/12
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Island Park-based EmPower Solar was honored by Vision Long Island at the group’s 11th Annual Smart Growth Awards on June 15.
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By Alex Costello
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6/20/12
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Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray and a group of 15 government officials, civic leaders and engineers donned sunglasses as they unveiled two “solar trackers” in the back parking lot of the town’s Department of Conservation and Waterways in Lido Beach on Monday.
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By Scott Brinton
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7/12/11
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