« air water earth - new england home
Links tagged “solar”
- Solar Extends Win Streak with Vermont Decision (3/25/14)
The Alliance for Solar Choice (TASC) today announced yet another win for rooftop solar: the Vermont Legislature voted to increase the state's solar net metering cap from 4% of a utility's peak load to 15%.
- Solar deal expires; must bid again (3/24/14)
HOPKINTON — After months of delays, Hopkinton’s first solar energy project is ready to go before the Planning Board. Megawatt Energy Solutions, of Providence, will present its final site development plan at a hearing on April 2, even though there is currently no buyer for the power the project will generate
- Three Mass. firms to help build Mexican solar project (3/21/14)
Three Massachusetts firms have entered into a partnership with two Mexican companies to build a $92 million 30-megawatt solar electric project in Mexico that's being billed as one of the largest in Latin America.
- Mass. moves up to fifth place in state rankings of solar power capacity (3/11/14)
The Bay State is now playing with the big boys in the solar industry: We’ve moved into fifth place, in terms of total solar capacity, of all 50 states.
- Vermont loves renewable energy, until it arrives (3/3/14)
MONTPELIER — Getting energy from the sun, wind and forests fits with Vermont’s sense of itself as clean, green and independent. But when it comes time to build and live with the projects that make it possible, things can get complicated
- Legislature advances solar renters bill (3/25/14)
The Connecticut General Assembly has advanced a bill allowing renters and homeowners with unsuitable roofs to buy into local solar systems and reap the savings.
- Solar installer says it’s expanding, hiring up to 240 (3/21/14)
Vivint Solar, the residential solar installer based in Holyoke, announced today that it will be moving into the Taunton, Malborough and Holyoke service areas, and hiring as many as 240 employees in the new locations.
- LePage blasts Dems’ solar plan, seeks to expand rebates for heating conversions by increasing state timber harvest (3/18/14)
AUGUSTA, Maine – Gov. Paul LePage launched a fusillade of criticism against the state Legislature’s Democratic majority for supporting bills that promote solar energy during one of the coldest winters in recent history
- CMP wants Mainers who generate their own power to pay more (3/11/14)
The company says in a rate case that it's trying to cover its service costs, but critics say a higher charge would crush renewable-power investment.
- Debate over the future of solar energy in Massachusetts heats up at the State House (3/2/14)
There's a battle brewing on Beacon Hill over the future of solar energy in the state. On one side, you have environmentalists, solar-panel installers and developers. On the other, there are the state’s biggest electric utilities — namely National Grid and NStar.