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Vermont Capital Commits to Net Zero: A Fossil Fuel Free Future

By Johanna Miller

Montpelier will be the nation’s first state capital where all energy used for heat, electricity, and transportation is produced or offset by renewable sources. Photo Credit: Flickr VTcity-charlieontheradio.jpg

Vermont’s capital city recently announced their intention to make Montpelier the first net-zero capital in the country. Their goal? By 2030, stop […]

SOLAR IS NOT TOO EXPENSIVE

SOLAR COSTS LESS than Your ELECTRIC BILL!

GET staff article

Solar PV installation of 3.8 kW in Tinmouth, VT. Installed by Power Guru, LLC. of North Bennington, VT

Solar PV has never cost less!

Solar module prices continue their free fall, largely driven by global market fundamentals – high installed capacity, Chinese […]

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 […]

Cut YOUR Heating Bill in Half!

Staff Article

Most people in New England could cut their heating bills in half, when the time comes to choose a new heating system.

Over the last couple years, we have seen more and more mention of air-source heat pumps in the news. Last year, we started to see some European countries talking about laws […]

Astonishing SOLAR GROWTH in 2013

for Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont

How far have we come – and how far do we have to go — to meet our needs with solar?

By George Harvey

This 3 MW solar farm in Sharon Vermont is the largest in the state, as of 2013. Photo by SayCheeeeeese

It is […]