Thursday, May 13, 2010

The Greening of Suffolk County Business

The sun, the wind, and acres of farm crops are fueling the move to Renewable Energy

The stressful and debilitating economic downturn is having an uplifting effect on businesses around the nation; some right here on Long Island.

Some engineering and manufacturing companies facing long periods of inactivity are retooling their strategies and are now building and installing solar panels in both residential and commercial sectors. These companies have attracted the interest and support of other firms on Long Island that manufacture and supply specific solar panel parts.

Other hard-pressed firms are spinning their efforts toward constructing and erecting huge windmills that catch and advance wind movements, and generate clean energy.

Before Robert Moses and his cohorts introduced the traffic jam to Long Island, one could hardly travel this thin strip of land without passing thousands of acres of potatoes, sweet corn, and other wholesome veggies. Now, more and more food crop growers are feeding some of their harvests to the transition toward biofuel production.

While you may not yet be involved in the business of renewable energy, a growing number of Suffolk County companies are deeply involved; such as H2M Wind Turbines; Built Well Solar Corporation; Go Solar Inc., just to name a few.

A word of advice to struggling Suffolk County engineering and manufacturing firms: Study the practices of those companies in the county that have already made the move to supporting the move to Renewable Energy. Who knows? Getting involved could bring in some green.