Elections Have Consequences: NJ Governor-Elect Mikie Sherrill Will Push The Solar Power Envelope
New Jersey Governor-Elect Mikie Sherrill will zero in on solar power as the fastest, most economical way to add more electricity to the grid.
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Another Clean Community Solar Power Plant Replaces A Derelict Brownfield…What’s Not To Like?
A new solar power plant demonstrates how the US solar industry is transforming contaminated sites into valuable community assets.
CEP Renewables Completes Construction of 19 MW Solar Project in New Jersey
The Foul Rift project is one of several recent brownfield and landfill solar projects CEP Renewables has completed in support of the New Jersey Governor’s goal to achieve 100 percent clean energy by 2050. RED BANK, N.J. — CEP Renewables, NJR Clean Energy Ventures and CS Energy announced that they … [continued]
Turning An Old Nuclear Bomb Site Into A Solar Farm?
What do we do with a big old plot of land that’s been bombed to smithereens with nuclear bombs? Build a school there? Plop a new luxury home development with a fancy pool and spa on it? Probably not. In fact, it’s quite hard to figure out what to do … [continued]
Gravity Energy Storage Has A Secret Weapon Up Its Sleeve
As Europe scrambles away from Russian natural gas, Romania’s abandoned mines could lend a hand with gravity energy storage systems.
Redefining America’s “Energy Communities” Can Boost Clean Energy Investment Where It’s Needed Most
Millions of Americans live in communities heavily dependent on the fossil fuel industry, facing both risks and opportunities as the U.S. moves to a low-carbon future. These communities are expected to face economic risks including job loss, reduced tax revenues to fund services and depressed property values. However, these same … [continued]
The Time is Ripe for Communities to Embrace Clean Energy on Brownfields
New federal incentives can help communities repurpose brownfields into brightfields, high-value sites that support a more equitable, clean energy economy. To speed this transition across America, RMI is co-launching the first ever Brightfields Accelerator. The industrial revolution fundamentally reshaped America’s economy but left behind a legacy of brownfields — land that is … [continued]
The Nature Conservancy To Unlock Solar Potential On Retired Appalachian Coal Mine Land
The Nature Conservancy, with its 65 years of substantial work protecting the environment through conservation, is making its way deeper into coal country — with a plan. The organization wants to help develop solar on up to 13,000 acres of cleared coal mine lands.
Repowering Old Mines With New Energies In The Southwestern United States
A common challenge that mining companies face, with legacy sites is what to do with the disturbed land once the resource has been exhausted or extraction is no longer profitable.
Pittsburgh Cleantech Leadership Flowering
Pittsburgh has committed to 50% reduction in CO2 emissions and energy and water usage by the year 2030, leading North American cities in this regard. It has made significant headway toward these goals, largely by applying lots of cleantech, according to the Pittsburgh 2030 District’s newly released 2016 Progress Report.
