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An Inspiring Interview with the 100% Renewables Burlington Electric Department
Darren Springer. (BED)
Michael J. Daley
In 2014, the city of Burlington, Vermont (the City) became the first city in the U.S. to achieve 100% renewable energy electricity supply. The Burlington Electric Department (BED, https://www.burlingtonelectric.com/) is Vermont’s largest municipally owned electric […]
This distributed solar project in the Town of New Scotland was developed by New Leaf Energyl. The 5.7-megawatt solar array that will produce 6.7 million kilowatt-hours of solar energy annually, enough to power nearly one thousand homes.
6-Gigawatts of Distributed Solar Generation Operational Throughout New York State
$250 Million Federal Solar for […]
George Harvey
August 18 – Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) has promoted renewable energy for nearly his whole career. He said, “Economically, it makes no sense to just cede the future to China.” tinyurl.com/GETOctNews1
August 21 – The US offshore wind pipeline has hit 80 megawatts (MW). This is an […]
Power County Wind Farm. Image from Energy.gov via Wikimedia Commons.
George Harvey
We have a lot of work to do on the climate crisis. We have everything we need to do it, in terms of equipment and knowledge, but there is still a big question about how it will be done.
COP28, […]
Current VT Renewable Energy Requirements versus New Requirements (Renewable Energy Vermont)
Peter Sterling
On June 17, the Vermont General Assembly overrode Governor Phil Scott’s veto to enact H.289 modernizing Vermont’s Renewable Energy Standard requiring all Vermont utilities to deliver 100% renewable electricity by 2035 at the latest.
This makes Vermont just the second […]
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Alex Boyd
In May 2024, FERC announced a long-awaited plan to accommodate the increasing electricity demand and to facilitate the integration of clean energy projects into the grid.
According to Alex Boyd, CEO of PSC Consulting, “FERC’s Order No. 1920 is a significant step forward in US transmission planning. The rule […]
Peter Sterling, Renewable Energy Vermont
The Vermont Legislature took a significant step towards meeting its greenhouse gas reduction requirements by passing H289, the Renewable Energy Standard (RES) Reform bill. This bill will make Vermont just the second state in the nation, along with Rhode Island, to mandate 100% renewable energy.
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Lecturing is part of the job for Mark Z. Jacobson. (Ecolo)
Study will help create future energy systems; sets aside need for fossil fuels for electricity
A new groundbreaking study done at Stanford University demonstrates that combining battery storage with hydrogen fuel cells can now ensure low-cost reliability when countries, including […]
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Carl Pope
Rarely has the chasm between global reality and global diplomacy loomed larger. Over the past several months the urgency of the climate threat has exploded as tipping points we thought were decades away […]
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In conjunction with White House Summit on Building Climate Resilient Communities, Administration announces more than $500 million in additional investment for resilience
Across the country, Americans are experiencing the devastating impacts of climate change. In just the first […]
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