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Rochester’s Hyzon Motors USA Inc. has completed its business combination with Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Corp. and has begun trading on the Nasdaq Global Select market under the symbols HYZN and HYZNW. As part of the business completion, Decarbonization Plus has ...

Infrascreen is one of 10 finalist companies with optics, imaging and photonics-enabled technologies that’s working with NextCorps’ Luminate NY accelerator as part of its fourth cohort. Each company received an initial investment of $100,000 and is participating in the six-month program, which helps the selected companies speed ...

In its inaugural Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report, CooperCompanies, which has three locations in the Rochester region, touts a number of accomplishments, including the first net plastic neutral contact lens in the U.S., sourcing 100 percent renewable electricity in the state ...

The state of New York has launched the Inclusive Community Solar Adder program that will make $52.5 million available for community solar projects that support underserved New Yorkers and disadvantaged communities. Projects funded through the program are expected to serve ...

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The Climate Solutions Accelerator is helping to facilitate two free webinars on environmental issues in the community. Moving to Electric Buses in Your District takes place at 7 p.m. today and will include information on electric school bus technology and ...

Rochester’s Hyzon Motors USA Inc. has completed its business combination with Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Corp. and has begun trading on the Nasdaq Global Select market under the symbols HYZN and HYZNW. As part of the business completion, Decarbonization Plus has ...

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Three gigawatts of solar have been installed statewide, enough to power more than half a million homes, New York state officials said this week.

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Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority (RGRTA)’s proposal for preliminary design and environmental review of an electric charging depot has been included in legislation passed by the House of Representatives. The $800,000 project was submitted as part of this year’s Surface Transportation ...

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Monroe County has launched Open C-PACE, which provides commercial building owners and developers with access to financing for energy upgrades. The program is not reliant on public funding and comes at no cost to taxpayers. Instead, property owners have access ...

Construction is underway on a five-megawatt solar energy array on the Monroe County Water Authority property in Penfield that will reduce long-term expenses for the public benefit corporation. The array, at the corner of Penfield and Watson Hulbert roads, will ...

Just one day after the Genesee County Economic Development Center (GCEDC) Board of Directors approved incentives for a $345 million solar project in the town of Byron and construction of a Plug Power Inc. facility at the Science Technology and Advanced ...

Viridi Parente, Inc., a developer of innovative battery technology, has shipped its initial batch of batteries to Rochester’s Li-Cycle Corp., an industry leader in lithium-ion battery resource recovery and the leading lithium-ion battery recycler in North America. By recycling 100 ...

A company founded by Rochester Institute of Technology alumnus Michael Oshetski has donated its groundbreaking technology to the school for a new campus learning lab. Micatu Inc.’s Gridview optical sensors will allow faculty and students to monitor renewable integration and ...

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A long-standing Rochester manufacturer has partnered with a manufacturing readiness program to help climate technology innovators bring their renewable energy products to market. PEKO Precision Products Inc. has become a strategic partner of the Scale For ClimateTech program, which is ...

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) is making $15 million available for the Carbon Neutral Community Economic Development Program. The funding is meant to accelerate the design, planning and construction of regionally significant, community-scale carbon neutral ...