Energize Vermont has released a short feature from a work-in-progress documentary entitled, “Vermont’s Energy Options.” The purpose of the documentary is to examine the different paths Vermont has to a renewable energy future and create a dialogue around their respective impacts and benefits.
The proposed wind turbines in Derby are still causing substantial debate. On Tuesday night the town’s select board officially voted against supporting the project, and VPR and others reported on the squabble around the project.
Reposted from WCAX. NORTH MONTPELIER, Vt. – With the sun beaming down on his pen, Gov. Peter Shumlin signed into law legislation aimed at supporting Vermont’s renewable energy industry.
Reposted from Rutland Herald. Board of Aldermen members came away from a committee meeting Thursday agreeing that whatever Rutland hopes to get out of a proposed solar project, it isn’t money.
Reposted from VPR. The governors of New England and the premiers of eastern Canadian provinces have set ambitious goals to cut greenhouse gases.
Reposted from NPR. STANSTEAD, Quebec (AP) — The winds blowing through Canada’s broad St. Lawrence Valley and across Vermont’s hilltops are stirring up an international tempest over which country’s laws should govern how those breezes are harnessed for electricity.
Reposted from Newport Daily Express. DERBY – Tuesday, the Vermont Public Service Board (PSB) revised the schedule for the proposed Derby Line Wind project with hearings now set for the end of August.
Reposted from Burlington Free Press. DERBY — The Vermont utility building a 21-turbine wind power project on Lowell Mountain is facing a potential $11 million cost increase because of transmission upgrades requested by the operators of the New England electric grid.
Reposted from VTDigger. Editor’s note: This op-ed is by Lukas B. Snelling, the executive director of Energize Vermont, a statewide responsible renewable energy organization based in Rutland County. Whether we want to admit it or not, renewable energy in Vermont has a predicament.
