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Sustainable Sugaring

Keeping a natural product natural with renewable energy and more …

By George Harvey

The Maple Sugaring Camp,” ca. 1870, by Eastman Johnson. In the 19th century, sugaring could be a community thing, with musicians sitting on the woodpile, and dancing near the fire. Public domain.

Old-time pictures of traditional maple sugaring are […]

Emerging Frontiers in Bioenergy

Oilseeds, Grass & Algae Each Hold a Place in Vermont’s Renewable Energy Future

By Sarah Galbraith, program manager of the Vermont Bioenergy Initiative

Algae incubation lab at UVM courtesy General Systems Research

The term “bioenergy” refers to renewable energy fuels and feedstocks derived from biological sources and the power resulting from their use. […]

Gasification Stove and Gasification Truck Party Open Invite

Merry and Nathan Puffer of Groton, VT are collaborating with my family to host an open Harvest Party on Saturday, Sept 21, 4:30- dark +. We are hosting a potluck to celebrate the Puffer’s business in Kenya producing low fuel input gasification stoves. The stoves are built in Kenya in a small factory.

The […]

Webinar: Case Studies of Biomass Working in NH

The NH Local Energy Work Group (LEWG) presents the Local Energy Solutions (LES) Training Series featuring a series of webinar trainings from Noon-1PM on the 2nd Wednesday of each month. More on the series.

Biomass Working in NH: Case Studies

September 11, 2013 – Noon to 1:00pm

Join the Local Energy Working Group for […]

Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund hires team to advance grass energy as a replacement for fossil fuels

The Vermont Bioenergy Initiative draws the connection between diversified agriculture and renewable energy production in the form of biofuels

Montpelier, VT — The Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund (VSJF) has contracted with Wilson Engineering Services, PC in Pennsylvania to conduct a State of the Science Review of Grass Energy in Vermont and the Northeast. The team […]