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August 6 Green Energy News
by George Harvey
6 Aug 2020 at 4:27am
Headline News: “Underground HVDC Line To Connect Renewables, Other Generators In MISO, PJM Markets” ? The developer of the SOO Green project announced a solicitation to allocate transmission capacity rights on a first-of-its-kind project co-locating electric transmission underground with a railroad corridor running from Iowa to Illinois. [Power Engineering Magazine] Co-location of rail and [...]
VT Electric Car Webinar
by Michelle Harrison
5 Aug 2020 at 8:10pm
Are you interested in learning more about electric vehicles? Drive Electric Vermont Acorn Energy Co-op and the Climate Economy Action Center of Addison County are hosting a free webinar about electric vehicles (EVs) Thursday, August 20, 2020 from 7:30 to 8:30 PM. Vermont’s incentive program offers up to $4,000 for an EV purchase, but [...]
Baker-Polito Administration Launches First-in-the-Nation Clean Peak Energy St...
by George Harvey
5 Aug 2020 at 8:29am
Program Will Promote Use of Clean Energy When Costly Electricity Demand is Highest BOSTON ? The Baker-Polito Administration today announced the launch of the first-in-the-nation Clean Peak Energy Standard (CPS), a financial incentive program that promotes the use of clean energy technologies to supply power when electricity demand is at its highest, also known as [...]
August 5 Green Energy News
by George Harvey
5 Aug 2020 at 4:20am
Headline News: “Yamaha Creating High Performance Electric Motors For Mainstream Manufacturers” ? The EV revolution keeps pushing forward, and Yamaha has turned its attention to designing and building high output electric motors that are as small and light as possible. It will soon offer a range of motors ranging from 35 kW (47 HP) to [...]
August 4 Green Energy News
by George Harvey
4 Aug 2020 at 5:22am
Headline News: “Road Revenue Plummets ? New Ways To Fund Infrastructure Projects Needed” ? With Covid-19, traffic has been reduced to a fraction of what it had been. As road revenue plummets because of low sales of gasoline and diesel oil, road infrastructure projects that keep our labor force on the job and support the [...]
Webinar: Increasing Interest in Energy Efficiency Through Real Estate Listings
by Michelle Harrison
3 Aug 2020 at 10:04pm
Clicking into Efficiency: Increasing Interest in Energy Efficiency Through Real Estate Listings Date and time: Thursday, August 6, 2:00 pm ET Could energy efficiency information in online real estate listings nudge home buyers to click on homes that are more efficient? Does the form in which home buyers see the information matter? Can [...]
Webinars this week (Aug 5 and 6): All about wetlands, and climate policy in t...
by Michelle Harrison
3 Aug 2020 at 8:40pm
Climate Policy with Legislative Leaders (Wednesday at noon) The Energy Action Network (EAN) is offering an exciting opportunity to engage with legislative leaders on climate this Wednesday, August 5 at noon. Join Senate President Pro Tem Tim Ashe and House Speaker Mitzi Johnson for a discussion about which climate priorities they expect to make [...]
August 3 Green Energy News
by George Harvey
3 Aug 2020 at 3:59am
Headline News: “Ireland ‘On Track’ To Meet 2020 Clean Power Goal” ? Ireland is on track to reach its 2020 renewable energy target to get 40% of its electricity from clean power, after a strong second quarter saw wind energy alone deliver 28.5% of the country’s electricity. That is up from 26.1% in the second [...]
August 2 Green Energy News
by George Harvey
2 Aug 2020 at 3:38am
Headline News: “Rasberries Can Grow Under Solar Panels!” ? What may have been a crazy idea a few years ago, it turns into a project in the Netherlands. A Dutch farm had 10,250 solar panels deployed across 3.2 hectares of raspberry crops to provide renewable energy for the area and create a more sustainable environment [...]
August 1 Green Energy News
by George Harvey
1 Aug 2020 at 5:06am
Headline News: “CRI Successfully Demonstrates Chemical Storage With Renewable Methanol” ? Carbon Recycling International has shown that its renewable methanol can be used to store surplus renewable energy chemically. CRI developed a process to convert captured CO? and hydrogen directly into methanol by use of catalysts. [The Chemical Engineer] CRI installation making methanol from [...]
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