Clean Energy Calendar

Attend the Sustainable Building Resource Fair to be connected to experts and experienced contractors* who can kickstart your building’s sustainability upgrade. This event is for buildings of all sizes whether you are looking to decarbonize a small brownstone or undertake major upgrades on a large building to be compliant with Local Law 97. We’re here to help! Explore over 45 exhibits and/or attend a workshop. Come to learn about heat pumps, solar, weatherization, HVAC, lighting, electric, renewable energy, green infrastructure, and waste management for your building, as well as monetary incentives, financing, and tax credits to help you do the work.

The event is co-sponsored by Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso and Council Member Lincoln Restler in partnership with Building Energy Exchange, NYC Accelerator, ConEdison, Wildan, New York City Energy Efficiency Corporation (NYCEEC), Bronx and Brooklyn Clean Energy Hub, Association for Energy Affordability, Solar One, Center for New York City Neighborhoods, CUNY Building Performance Lab, NYSERDA, IMPACCT Brooklyn’s EnergyFit Program, The Community Preservation Corporation – Climate Friendly Homes, RETI Center, Energy Opportunity Lab (Center on Global Energy Policy), New Yorkers for Clean Power, and Sane Energy Project.

*Contractors will not provide consultations or estimates for their services at this event, but they will serve as another resource providing information to constituents attending the event. Participation in this event does not constitute an endorsement of the contractor or their respective business by the New York City Council, the Brooklyn Borough President, or the City of New York.

Join ANCA in scenic Lake Placid, New York for the inaugural joint conference of our popular Clean Energy and Small Communities. Big Opportunities. conferences.

**  Two of ANCA’s signature events together under one roof, for one great price! **

This unique three-day gathering convenes small business and clean energy stakeholders and community leaders who are invested in strengthening North Country businesses and communities through collaborative, action-oriented initiatives. Through a variety of networking and learning opportunities, conference participants will explore ways we can work together to foster strong, resilient and inclusive North Country communities.

• What: Clean Energy + Small Communities. Big Opportunities. Joint Conference
• When: Wednesday, April 30 to Friday, May 2, 2025
• Where: Lake Placid Conference Center, Lake Placid, New York
• Cost: $250* includes Thursday and Friday programs, meals, refreshments, and more; additional $50 covers Wednesday field trips, experiences and evening reception.

Stay tuned for conference details, including preliminary agenda, session topics, workshops, guest speakers, field trips, and more!

Join ANCA in scenic Lake Placid, New York for the inaugural joint conference of our popular Clean Energy and Small Communities. Big Opportunities. conferences.

**  Two of ANCA’s signature events together under one roof, for one great price! **

This unique three-day gathering convenes small business and clean energy stakeholders and community leaders who are invested in strengthening North Country businesses and communities through collaborative, action-oriented initiatives. Through a variety of networking and learning opportunities, conference participants will explore ways we can work together to foster strong, resilient and inclusive North Country communities.

• What: Clean Energy + Small Communities. Big Opportunities. Joint Conference
• When: Wednesday, April 30 to Friday, May 2, 2025
• Where: Lake Placid Conference Center, Lake Placid, New York
• Cost: $250* includes Thursday and Friday programs, meals, refreshments, and more; additional $50 covers Wednesday field trips, experiences and evening reception.

Stay tuned for conference details, including preliminary agenda, session topics, workshops, guest speakers, field trips, and more!

Join DEC staff for the largest single-day volunteer event in New York to celebrate and enhance Norrie Point by participating in a Riverkeeper Sweep.

The NY Capital Region’s central get together for professionals in clean technology, energy, climate, sustainability, and related

A regular get together for folks working in the clean technology, energy, climate, sustainability, and related spaces.

Events are held in Albany. Normally set up as an after work networking, “happy-hour” style event, keep an eye out for special events like panels, lectures, advocacy, and facility tours.

Primarily we aim to have fun, learn, and get to know each other.

Also… traditional energy (i.e. oil & gas) folks are welcome! Just prepare to be converted 🙂

ECOLOGICAL CITY – Procession for Climate Solutions is an urban ecological pilgrimage and an art and climate action. Ecological City features a spectacular procession of visual art, giant puppets, costumes and 21 site performances celebrating climate solution initiatives throughout the community gardens, neighborhood and East River Park waterfront of the Lower East Side.

SATURDAY MAY 10 – 11AM-5PM (raindate May 11 )

SPECTACULAR PROCESSION – Visual art, Giant Puppets & Costumes

21 SITE PERFORMANCES – GARDENS to WATERFRONT Music, Dance, Theater & Poetry

BECOME A CLIMATE SOLUTION – VOLUNTEERS NEEDED to wear our spectacular climate costumes, help with puppets and other marshal roles.

Costumes, Puppets, Marshals – 8am Call Time Volunteers join us – 10am

START LOCATION @ 638 E. 6th Street (btw Aves B & C)

10AM- Volunteer Check in Table – Entry Sixth Street Community Center

VOLUNTEER – SIGN UP FOR A ROLE – Message us through Eventbrite

FULL ROUTE & SITE PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE -Coming Soon!

MORE INFORMATION – https://www.earthcelebrations.com

The 15th Annual Capture the Energy® Conference & Expo will take place on May 13-15, 2025, at the Albany Capital Center in Albany, NY.

About the Conference

Conference Overview

The Capture the Energy® 2025 Conference & Expo is the premier event for companies seeking opportunities in the rapidly growing energy storage industry in New York and the northeastern United States.

Hosted by NY-BEST, Capture the Energy® brings together hundreds of experts in the energy storage and renewable energy industry who are advancing energy storage to meet our climate goals, modernize our grid and transportation systems and grow the clean energy economy.

Join NY-BEST for this content-rich stimulating three-day conference, featuring the following topics:

1. Markets and incentives

• Existing and potential Wholesale market opportunities

• Retail market and utility tariff improvement

• State legislation, programs and incentives

• Federal legislation, programs and incentives

• Best practices and lessons from other regions

• Business models and project finance

2. Siting

• Permitting and emergency response planning

• Fire safety and testing

• Community outreach and partnerships

• Siting to advance environmental and social justice goals

3. Grid planning and interconnection

• Dispatchable Emissions-Free Resources; Zero-emissions by 2040 Proceeding

• Grid flexibility; Grid of the Future Proceeding

• Coordinated Grid Planning Process

• Energy storage interconnection and flexible interconnection opportunities

• Storage as a Transmission Asset and other T&D applications

• Renewables integration and hybrid resources

4. Manufacturing, supply chain and recycling/re-use

• Domestic manufacturing

• Sustainable supply chain

• Clean energy workforce; just transition

• End-of-life; recycling

5. Electrification of other sectors

• Electrifying ground transportation; Vehicle-to-Grid

• Electrifying aviation, marine transit, and other mobile applications

• Building electrification and load management

• Decarbonization of industrial processes

6. Non-traditional technologies

• Long Duration Energy Storage

• Green hydrogen

• Thermal storage

• Non-battery Energy Storage technologies

• Other timely and emerging topics related to energy storage – Submit your ideas!

Conference Format

The agenda will include the Pre-Conference Workshop “Empowering Communities Through Energy Storage Partnerships: A Collaborative Workshop” in conjunction with our 15th Annual Capture the Energy® Conference & Expo at the Albany Capital Center in Albany, New York. The Workshop will be followed by 2 full days of informative keynotes, featured presentations, panels and roundtable discussions featuring experts in the storage field.

Keynotes and featured presentations are typically 15-20 minutes. Panel sessions typically include 4-5 speakers presenting for approximately 10 minutes each. Roundtable discussions will include a moderated Q&A among 4-5 speakers. Each session will have a Q&A opportunity with the audience. The Conference will also feature a company exhibition area with over 40 companies and organizations.

If you have any questions, contact us at info@ny-best.org. Thank you!

The NY Capital Region’s central get together for professionals in clean technology, energy, climate, sustainability, and related

A regular get together for folks working in the clean technology, energy, climate, sustainability, and related spaces.

Events are held in Albany. Normally set up as an after work networking, “happy-hour” style event, keep an eye out for special events like panels, lectures, advocacy, and facility tours.

Primarily we aim to have fun, learn, and get to know each other.

Also… traditional energy (i.e. oil & gas) folks are welcome! Just prepare to be converted 🙂

Join staff to pull a seine net in the Hudson River, fish from the wheelchairaccessible patio, or do art activities nearby. Rods, reels, and bait will be available free of charge, and education staff available to help.

The NY Capital Region’s central get together for professionals in clean technology, energy, climate, sustainability, and related

A regular get together for folks working in the clean technology, energy, climate, sustainability, and related spaces.

Events are held in Albany. Normally set up as an after work networking, “happy-hour” style event, keep an eye out for special events like panels, lectures, advocacy, and facility tours.

Primarily we aim to have fun, learn, and get to know each other.

Also… traditional energy (i.e. oil & gas) folks are welcome! Just prepare to be converted 🙂

Learn how to pull a seine net and identify Hudson River freshwater fish.

Put on a pair of waders and help us pull a seine net to collect, count and release the fish caught around Norrie Point!

Join Food Tank in New York City for NYC Climate Week at NPR Studios’ The Greene Space from September 21st-26th!

More information coming soon. Join us for a week-long series of delicious food, luminary conversations, and 250+ speakers and performers at WNYC NPR Studios!

All events curated by invitation only. To request an invitation email Kenzie at Kenzie@FoodTank.com with the specific event you are interested in attending. For press passes plesse email Bernard at Bernard@FoodTank.com.

Register to stay up-to-date as NYC Climate Week 2025 approaches. Events are by invite-only and Food Tank Members recieve exclusive access to early tickets. Become a Food Tank Member at any level HERE and you will recieve an access code that unlocks a hidden ticket for you and a +1.

Sunday, Sept 21st

Sunday, Sept 21st. Evening Arts Session: 5:30PM Doors. 6:00PM Program. Theme: “Soil, Seeds and Solutions: Farmers Take on Climate Challenges.” Panel Discussion with Lundberg Family Farms and Film Screening Feeding Tomorrow. In partnership with Lundberg Family Farms.

Monday, Sept 22nd

-Monday, Sept 22nd. Morning Session. Theme: “Climate Action: A Food Waste Breakthrough.” In partnership with the UN Environment Program, Apeel, FlashFood, and ReFED.

-Monday, Sept 22nd. Afternoon Session. Theme: “A Roadmap to a Delicious, Nutritious, and Regenerative Food Future for All.” In partnership with Unilever.

-Monday, Sept 22nd. Evening Experience. “Broadway Lights the Way: A Climate Week Celebration” (10 Broadway Performers, 10 Unforgettable Performances).

Tuesday, Sept 23rd

-Tuesday, Sept 23rd. Morning Session. Theme: “Keeping Farmers on the Land.” In partnership with American Farmland Trust.

-Tuesday, Sept 23rd. Afternoon Session. Theme: “Humanitarian Innovation in a World of Climate Extremes.” In partnership with World Food Program USA.

-Tuesday, Sept 23rd. Evening Arts Session: “Little Peasants” by Food Tank theatrical immersive workshop reading featuring an all-Broadway cast.

Wednesday, Sept 24th

-Wednesday, Sept 24th. Morning Session. Theme: “The Sustainability Leadership Summit: Strategies for Founders, CSOs, and Changemakers.” In partnership with Nature’s Fynd, Applegate, King Arthur Baking and Butcher Box.

-Wednesday, Sept 24th. Afternoon Session. Theme: “2nd Annual Sustainable Foods Showcase.” In partnership with JP Morgan.

-Thursday, Sept 25th

Thursday, Sept 25th. Morning Session. Theme: “Food Systems for a Climate-Resilient Future.” In partnership with The Rockefeller Foundation.

Thursday, Sept 25th. Afternoon Session. Theme: “Food is Medicine and Eating for Health.” In partnership with the Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation.

Thursday, Sept 25th. Evening Experience. TBD.

Friday, Sept 26th

Friday, Sept 26th. Morning Session. Theme: “Restaurants Change the World.” In partnership with The James Beard Foundation.

Friday, Sept 26th. Afternoon Session. Theme: “The Importance of Healthy Soils.” In partnership with Arva.

Friday, Sept 26th. Evening Experience. TBD.

For partnership inquiries contact Kenzie at Kenzie@FoodTank.com.

We look forward to celebrating NYC Climate Week with you!

Join DEC’s Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve to celebrate National Estuaries Day at an interactive “Science on the River” openhouse. Meet our staff and volunteers and learn about all the research and education happening atour science center.

Come and meet our reptilian friends at Norrie Point! This family-friendly event will have crafts, activities, and opportunities to explore the center.