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Mad River and Climate Change

Content information from Vermont Research Newsletter of September 21, 2018

Mad River, Vermont. Image: stage.saltandwind.com

A recent study published in Science Direct (sciencedirect.com) focused on the effects of climate change on the Mad River in Vermont. The study found that watershed discharge and sediment yield are expected to increase with warming temperatures, and […]

Dartmouth Takes Solar to the Mountain

Nature’s Power Hits Moosilauke!

Nancy Rae Mallery, publisher of G.E.T.

There is a new sight to see on Moosilauke Mountain. The Class of 1978 Bunkhouse of the Moosilauke Ravine Lodge, in Woodstock, NH is now powered by nature. The directional orientation and pitch of the newly renovated roof was ideal to allow Norwich […]

Sustainable Apple Orchards

Apples at Scott Farm Orchard. Courtesy Kelly Carlin.

George Harvey

As we all know, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” And though that proverb apparently did not come from Benjamin Franklin, as I had thought, it has been shown by medical researchers that apples have significant health benefits. Of […]

Wind Power Does Not Cause Global Warming

And two Harvard researchers did not suggest it does.

Image: Flickr (nate2b)

George Harvey

Two Harvard researchers published an article on wind power that drew rapid reactions from the press. A widespread interpretation of the articles by media was that they had shown that wind turbines somehow cause climate change. That […]

Massachusetts SMART Program of Solar Incentives

George Harvey

Massachusetts is in the final stages of implementing a new set of solar incentives, the Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target, or SMART. Presentations are going on in Lenox and Amherst, as Green Energy Times is wrapping up its editorial work on the October issue. Until the new program is running, homeowners are […]

Huge Batteries Store Energy for Holyoke Gas and Electric

The new battery system that stores energy made from the solar at Holyoke Gas and Electric.

Green Energy Times staff

The old Mount Tom coal-burning plant. Wikimedia Commons.

The article, “From Dirty Coal to Solar Power,” (bit.ly/coal-to-solar) which appeared in the December 2016 issue of Green Energy Times, described […]

Maine Solar Solutions – Keeping the Power On

A 6.6kW pole mount tracker solar array installed by Maine Solar Solutions. Courtesy Photo.

George Harvey

Maine Solar Solutions (MSS) is just outside the town of Freeport, in the southern part of Maine and not far north of Portland. Sam Zuckerman, the owner of MSS, provided us with some insight on […]

Whole Village Energy Makeover Brings Everyone to the Table

A new 33 KW solar PV array is the centerpiece of energy efficiency improvements at the Whole Village Family Resource Center.

A one-of-a-kind partnership is saving thousands in energy costs and putting food on the table – literally – at a Plymouth area homeless shelter.

Extensive upgrades of the energy infrastructure at Whole […]

$40 Million Announced to Support Solar-Powered Storage Projects in NYS

Projects Advance Progress of New York’s Ambitious Target to Have 1,500 Megawatts of Energy Storage by 2025

On October 10, 2018, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced that $40 million will be made available to support solar projects that integrate energy storage, accelerating progress toward New York’s energy storage target of 1,500-megawatts by 2025. These […]

Solar Power Sings Powerfully at Tupelo Music Hall

How Derry’s Net-Zero Task Force Helped Tupelo Music Hall Become the First Solar-Powered Performance Venue in New Hampshire

Tupelo Music Hall moved to its new state-of-the-art home on A Street in Derry, NH in 2017. Photos courtesy and copyright of Jerry Lofaro.

By Chris Gillespie

Tupelo Music Hall’s […]