Green Energy Times

Headquartered in Manchester, New Hampshire, BURNDY® is a manufacturer with a strong line of specialty coordinating dies, connectors and tools. Their range now includes an offering of connectors, wiring accessories and installation tooling specifically designed to service the renewable energy market, both wind and solar. And to put their money where their mouth is, BURNDY® [...]

By Karl Kemnitzer The Basics Community Solar Energy is the placement of solar panels in a “shared” location, rather than on individual  homes. Using this approach, CSE can make solar electricity accessible to many more people than would occur using all-separate installations.  Shared installations allow owners of roofs that are shaded, don’t face south, or [...]

Monday, April 30th 11am – Solar Panel Dedication 35 solar tracker installation on Rock Point to be officially recognized and celebrated on Monday April 30th, 2012 at 11am. Senator Bernie Sanders (schedule permitting), Mayor Miro Weinberger, the Right Reverend Thomas Ely, Congressman Peter Welch, Episcopal Bishop of Vermont, C.J. Spirito, Head of Rock Point School, [...]

By Andrea Eastman Three central VT area residents have cut their fuel dependency by tackling their domestic hot water (DHW) systems. Each homeowner chose to go ‘green’ for energy savings — but in different ways. Gordon Clark, of Braintree chose to install a single panel, roof mount system. Enthusiastic about saving even more, Clark also [...]

Q&A with Howie Michaelson, Catamount Solar Can I use a Solar Electric system to run my Electric Hot Water heater? Haven’t you already advised against this? Recently, this question has resurfaced, particularly since the cost of Solar Thermal has been steadily rising while Solar Electric costs have fallen precipitously. So we ran the cost comparison [...]

Reposted from http://www.greenbiz.com How to bring solar power to the poor By Marc Gunther Published March 16, 2012   Like many environmentally friendly products, rooftop solar power is a luxury that most Americans can’t afford: Before subsidies, it costs tens of thousands of dollars to power a typical house.* GRID Alternatives, an Oakland, Calif.-based nonprofit, [...]

Temple’s Municipal Energy Efficiency Retrofit & Energy Reduction Program Like Sharon, Temple was originally known as Peterborough Slip when first granted in 1750. It was incorporated in 1768 in honor of John Temple, lieutenant governor under John Wentworth. Temple was son-in-law to James Bowdoin, for whom Bowdoin College is named. Home to the Temple Glass [...]

Unless we stop the warming of our planet… says A. James Hansen…

For the better half of the last century solar hot water has been efficiently used to replace/supplement domestic hot water for almost any application hot water is needed. In Vermont a solar hot water system (SHW) is typically designed to cover approximately 70% of the hot water demand on site. Most of the production comes [...]

A massive solar storm arrived at Earth early Thursday, and is expected to shake the globe’s magnetic field until early Friday morning, while expanding the Northern Lights… could lead to serious issues…