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August 20 Green Energy News
by George Harvey
20 Aug 2017 at 4:30am
Headline News: As Monday’s total solar eclipse sweeps from Oregon to South Carolina, US electric power and grid operators will be glued to their monitoring systems in what may represent the biggest test yet of the renewable energy era. Utilities and grid operators have been planning for the event for years and have lined up [...]
August 19 Green Energy News
by George Harvey
19 Aug 2017 at 4:44am
Headline News: “Staying below 2 degrees is ‘possible and practical’ says RMI” ? The latest UN Emissions Gap report showed that the world would still be heading for a temperature rise between 2.9 and 3.4 °C by 2100. A report from the Rocky Mountain Institute argues that staying below 2° C is both practical and [...]
August 18 Green Energy News
by George Harvey
18 Aug 2017 at 5:21am
Headline News: Getting electricity and clean water to remote villages can make a huge difference to those who live there. Running power and water lines from a central location can be expensive, but water filtration systems and electricity generation can be provided to remote locations at low cost. An Italian startup has a $15,000 all-in-one [...]
August 17 Green Energy News
by George Harvey
17 Aug 2017 at 4:32am
Headline News: The governor of Montana is worried about climate change. The eastern half of the Montana is now in the most severe drought in the nation. July farm losses are nearly $400 million more than last year’s, according to figures from the US Forest Service. And the state?s wildfire season is costing Montanans more [...]
EVENT THURSDAY: Talkin? Trash
by Michelle Harrison
16 Aug 2017 at 10:09pm
Talkin? Trash with Olivia Lapierre When: Thursday August 17th Where: Kilton Library Community Room in West Lebanon Time: 6:30pm – 8:00pm Co-sponsored by: Be Zero & the Sierra Club Upper Valley Group. What does ?zero waste” mean? Join Olivia Lapierre for the ?Talkin? Trash?event in which she [...]
GOVERNOR CUOMO ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF 76WEST CLEAN ENERGY COMPETITION
by Michelle Harrison
16 Aug 2017 at 9:01pm
Dallas-Based Skyven Technologies Named $1 Million Grand Prize Winner – Will Expand Business to the Southern Tier; Grow Southern Tier’s Clean Energy Economy Competition Complements “Southern Tier Soaring” – the Region’s Strategic Plan to Generate Robust Economic Growth and Community Development Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the six winning companies [...]
August 16 Green Energy News
by George Harvey
16 Aug 2017 at 4:21am
Headline News: A year or so from now, electric customers of Rochester, New York, could have easy access to 100% renewable energy at a price lower than their current rates. The mayor is preparing legislation stating the city’s intent to pursue community choice aggregation, which would let the city negotiate an energy-supply contract. [Rochester City [...]
August 15 Green Energy News
by George Harvey
15 Aug 2017 at 5:24am
Headline News: Residents of a remote community on the central coast of British Columbia received funding to build a run-of-river hydroelectric plant. The Wuikinuxv Village, on the banks of the Wanukv River, has about 80 people in it. It is accessible only by float plane or boat, so life is challenging, and it has depended [...]
August 14 Green Energy News
by George Harvey
14 Aug 2017 at 5:29am
Headline News: A tiny Tesla house is on a tour of Australia, showing off the Powerwall and educating the public on how to generate, store and use renewable energy. Oh yes, and the tiny home is towed by a Tesla Model X. The tiny home is completely powered by renewable energy courtesy of a 2-kW [...]
August 13 Green Energy News
by George Harvey
13 Aug 2017 at 4:22am
Headline News: A 1-MW solar array in Tres Piedras, New Mexico, started soaking in the sun and pumping power to the grid last week. Kit Carson Electric Cooperative announced plans earlier this year to eventually provide its 30,000 members with 100% renewable energy. The Tres Piedras solar array is the first of seven the co-op [...]
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