Concentration of CO2 in the Atmosphere

Crowd-funding a Dutch Wind Turbine

G.E.T. Staff

Culemborg is a small city in the central area of the Netherlands with a population of about 27,000. When a number of the people of the city decided to put up a wind turbine late last summer, they decided on a novel approach. They did not want to pay full price, so they […]

Public invited to tour Kingdom Community Wind this summer

Green Mountain Power is offering free public tours of the 21 turbine Kingdom Community Wind project in Lowell, Vermont during June, July and August. This is an opportunity to experience an operating wind farm, and learn how GMP is harnessing the power of wind to generate enough electricity to power 24,000 homes.

“Green Mountain Power […]

GMP statement re agreement with Mr. and Mrs. Nelson

Green Mountain Power issued the following statement today regarding the settlement reached between GMP and Donald and Shirley Nelson of Lowell, Vermont:

“We are pleased to announce that GMP has reached agreement with Don & Shirley Nelson to settle all pending claims. As part of the mutual agreement, GMP will purchase the Nelsons’ 540-acre farm […]

Solarfest is seeking workshop presenters

for SolarFest 2014 Sustainability Conference.

SolarFest has grown to be one of the most important destinations for those who want to gain cutting-edge knowledge, skills and inspiration in a wide range of renewable energy and sustainable living topics. Over the past twenty years we have been lucky to partner with amazingly talented, experienced and generous […]

Bird Mortality and Wind Turbines

Staff article

A new study has been released called,A Synthesis of Human-related Avian Mortality in Canada. All but one of its seven authors are from wildlife divisions of Environment Canada, a department of the federal government. The study can be found at: www.ace-eco.org/vol8/iss2/art11/.

It has some notable information. The report says over 272 million birds […]

How Wind Farms Change Property Values

By George Harvey

On January 9, a report was published, called Relationship between Wind Turbines and Residential Property Values in Massachusetts. It is a product of a joint effort by the University of Connecticut and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

The report examines 122,000 home sales over a period between 1998 and 2012. The wind farms […]

David Blittersdorf’s View from the Top

Picking Up the Pace to Reach 20% Renewables by 2020 – Part Two

Vermont’s current statewide comprehensive energy plan calls for 90% of our total energy to come from renewable energy sources by the year 2050. At the Renewable Energy Vermont conference in Burlington last October, REV leadership publicly announced the need for immediate progress […]

Kingdom Community Wind Shows its Value

By George Harvey

Kingston Community Wind, photograph courtesy of Green Mountain Power

During this winter’s cold snaps, as the grid power system struggled and wholesale prices went as high as 60¢/kWh, the turbines at Kingdom Community Wind kept on turning out inexpensive power for Vermonters. The wind farm, which began generating power in […]

Kingdom Community Wind Successfully Meets State Sound Levels

COLCHESTER, VT…Green Mountain Power today announced that a new sound monitoring report just released finds Kingdom Community Wind continues to meet strict standards set by state regulators. Green Mountain Power filed the results with the Vermont Public Service Board Thursday. The report is part of an ongoing comprehensive monitoring program.

“We are glad to share […]

January 9 Energy Week

With George Harvey and Tom Finnell And Guest Leslie Sullivan Sachs of the Safe and Green Campaign presenting the week’s energy news

Safe and Green Campaign’s website can be found by following This Link.

George’s blog can be found by following This Link.

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