Events at this location

Staff from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and the Department of Public Service (DPS) will convene two webinars to discuss “New York’s 6 GW Energy Storage Roadmap, Policy Options for Continued Growth in Energy Storage” (Storage Roadmap). The Storage Roadmap was filed on December 28, 2022.

At the second webinar, which will be held on Wednesday, March 1, 2023, from 11:00 AM- 12:30 PM. via WebEx, NYSERDA and DPS staff will discuss the solutions in the Storage Roadmap directed towards the residential and commercial retail storage markets.

Both webinars will follow the same format, namely:
1. General Overview presented by NYSERDA and DPS staff.
2. Responses to questions received prior to the webinars.
3. Live Q&A.

Register for webinar 2 here and learn more here.

Join Sustainable Hudson Valley and Adam Bosch, CEO of Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress, for an informative and free webinar on electric vehicle charging on Thursday, March 2nd at 11 AM. This comprehensive look at the distribution, quality, costs, and accessibility of EV charging throughout the Hudson Valley is valuable for businesses and property owners considering installing a charger. Additionally, don’t miss the opportunity to learn about the EV study created by Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress, which provides valuable insights and recommendations on how to support the growth of EV charging in the County.

Register for the webinar here.

The Department Of Energy’s (DOE) Office of State and Community Energy Programs is a new office within DOE that works with state and local organizations to significantly accelerate the deployment of clean energy technologies, catalyze local economic development and create jobs, reduce energy costs, and avoid pollution through place-based strategies involving a wide range of government, community, business and other stakeholders. The Office of State and Community Energy Programs has received significant funding through the Inflation Reduction Act that YOUR community may be eligible for.

Join us for a presentation followed by a fireside chat and Q & A session with Dr. Henry McKoy the founding Director of the Office, as we unpack how his office is aiming to achieve a clean energy future for all.

Register here.

Join the U.S. Department of Energy Wind Energy Technologies Office’s WINDExchange initiative for a webinar on the current state and future needs of the U.S. offshore wind energy workforce and supply chain.

During this webinar, National Renewable Energy Laboratory researchers Matt Shields and Jeremy Stefek will present new research on the challenges of producing thousands of offshore wind energy technology components while creating tens of thousands of U.S. jobs—and the solutions that can help meet those challenges.

In the meantime, explore NREL’s research on the offshore wind energy supply chain and the offshore wind workforce.

Register for the webinar here.

The NYS Clean Heat Utility Joint Management Committee (JMC) will host the next quarterly meeting of the Working Group Series for Participating Contractors and Industry Partners. This series is billed as an ongoing platform for contractors and industry partners affiliated with NYS Clean Heat to discuss program improvements and address questions related to the program.

Register here.

Join Renewable Heat Now for our next monthly virtual power hour! We’ll strategize about how to get the entire Renewable Heat Now legislative package passed this session, go over how to respond to the fossil fuel industry’s misinformation, do a social media action, and more! We’ll also have breakouts for our regional lobbying teams to plan the next steps to win more support from legislators in your area. All are welcome to attend! Even if you’re new to the movement for renewable heat, we’ll get you plugged in! If you haven’t joined a regional lobby team yet, you can sign up to join one at bit.ly/RHNteams.

We urge you to invite 3 friends who are concerned about climate change to join you. We learn together, celebrate successes together, and take action together during our meetings, and folks leave feeling empowered!

Register here.

Join Renewable Heat Now for our next monthly virtual power hour! We’ll strategize about how to get the entire Renewable Heat Now legislative package passed this session, go over how to respond to the fossil fuel industry’s misinformation, do a social media action, and more! We’ll also have breakouts for our regional lobbying teams to plan the next steps to win more support from legislators in your area. All are welcome to attend! Even if you’re new to the movement for renewable heat, we’ll get you plugged in! If you haven’t joined a regional lobby team yet, you can sign up to join one at bit.ly/RHNteams.

We will also plan for the Virtual Advocacy Day on 3/14 which you can register for here.

We urge you to invite 3 friends who are concerned about climate change to join you. We learn together, celebrate successes together, and take action together during our meetings, and folks leave feeling empowered!

Register here.

Join us for our next Morning Coffee session on March 14th to hear how Bread Alone Bakery, a family-owned business that has been baking organic bread in the Hudson Valley since 1983, has transformed its operations through sustainability initiatives. CEO Nels Leader will share stories from the bakery’s 40 years in business and his bold commitments for baking “carbon neutral” bread.

Please register here.

Our Morning Coffee sessions are virtual and intended as learning opportunities to build community and share knowledge.Hosted by Partners for Climate Action Hudson Valley and co-sponsored by the Hudson Valley Economic Development Corporation.

As climate change leads to more severe weather and related power outages, we will need to find new strategies to make communities more resilient. Power outages are especially dangerous to people who rely on powered medical equipment, such as ventilators and oxygen concentrators; people who need refrigeration for temperature-regulated medication, such as insulin; mobility-impaired residents who need elevators to safely enter and leave their homes; and heat-sensitive people who cannot withstand extreme heat or cold.

This webinar will highlight efforts to develop mobile resilient energy systems that can be transported to neighborhoods where the power is out, to support medically vulnerable and electricity-dependent residents. Presenters from Together New Orleans and Footprint Project will share their experience deploying mobile solar+storage trailers to vulnerable populations following a disaster, and explore how these strategies can be used to support electricity-dependent populations moving forward. In addition, Clean Energy Group’s Marriele Mango will discuss how CEG’s Technical Assistance Fund supports early-stage resilient power initiatives in disadvantaged communities.

Panelists:

• Imre Gyuk, DOE-OE

• Jamie Swezey, Footprint Project

• Broderick Bagert, Together New Orleans

• Asia Ognibene, Together New Orleans • Marriele Mango, Clean Energy Group

• Todd Olinsky-Paul, Clean Energy Group / Clean Energy States Alliance (moderator)

• Gabe Epstein, Clean Energy States Alliance (host)

This webinar is a presentation of the Energy Storage Technology Advancement Partnership (ESTAP). ESTAP is a federal-state funding and information sharing project that aims to accelerate the deployment of electrical energy storage technologies in the U.S. ESTAP is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Electricity, managed by Sandia National Laboratories, and administered by the Clean Energy States Alliance. Learn more at tinyurl.com/CESA-ESTAP

Register here.

As pressure to respond to climate change intensifies, there is increasing urgency to change our energy systems and energy practices. Visions of the energy future are changing, and new imaginaries – values and symbols through which people imagine their social whole – are emerging alongside innovative approaches to technology. Around the world, people are seeing new possibilities in digitization and automation. Some are promoting a world reliant on data analytics. Others desire a retreat from grids and networks in favor of self-reliance. A global shift to electrification, and diversification of electricity production, has material impacts on energy practices at all scales. It is time to rethink the ways energy is and will be sourced, shared, and used.

Join BECC for a webinar to learn about future imaginaries of energy. Attendees will hear from editors of the new book Energy Futures as they look at how ethnographic methods provide new knowledge about imagined and possible approaches to energy within the context of emerging technologies, Anthropocene challenges, and everyday realities.

Register here.

The New Energy New York initiative, led by Binghamton University, is seizing on a unique and timely  opportunity for New York State to establish itself as leader in domestic battery and energy storage manufacturing.

New Energy New York was selected for funding under the Build Back Better Regional Challenge. The goal of the program, which is supported with $113 million in federal, state and partner funding, is to develop new facilities and resources in New York State to help the U.S. meet the demand for domestic battery products and create an important competitive edge for U.S. companies in battery development and manufacturing.

The growth rate of the energy storage industry is unprecedented, projected to create hundreds-of-thousands of jobs by 2030. NY-BEST and the New Energy New York partners are working to position New York to capitalize on this growth.

Join NY-BEST for this FREE one-hour webinar to learn more about this exciting program and the economic development opportunities it will create for New York State. The speakers will provide an overview of the opportunities for unprecedented economic growth around companies engaged in battery and energy storage system manufacturing and supply chain.

Topics will include:

• What is the scale of the opportunity for battery and energy storage manufacturing in the state?
• What types of companies will the NENY Supply Chain program attract and what are their needs?
• What makes an ideal site for a manufacturer in this sector?
• How can companies and organizations engage with the NENY team and capitalize on the opportunities?
• What resources are available to support companies and organizations around this opportunity?

Speakers to include:

• John Cerveny, Sr. Director and Program Manager NENY Supply Chain, NY-BEST
• Steven Eckler, Director, Ramboll
• James Kostenblatt, Sr. Director, Industry Development, Empire State Development

Who should attend:

• Government agencies
• Economic development agencies and councils
• Industrial development agencies
• Companies and organizations interested in learning more

Registe here.