Rocky Mountain Institute. By Laurie Guevara-Stone. Green Mountain Power just broke ground on a 2 MW photovoltaic plant in Rutland, Vermont. While some other large PV systems planned for the area have met with strong opposition (some residents worry large, ground-mount solar arrays will be an eyesore on the state’s … [continued]
Lisanne Boling, EnergyTrends.org Vermont, Pennsylvania and California ranked as the most friendly to renewable energy according to new rankings from EnergyTrends.org. EnergyTrends.org’s ranking system takes not only state policies into account but also energy consumption and generation data. Other factors considered include growth of renewable energy, state programs for renewable … [continued]
Good news for the BMW ActiveE drivers — BMW has partnered with Green Mountain to offer renewable energy options to the drivers of ActiveE. ActiveE drivers can purchase Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) from Green Mountain to cover the estimated energy that will be used to charge their electric cars. … [continued]
Sports leagues and franchises are increasingly “going green”, and the NFL is no exception. The Super Bowl 2012 (aka Super Bowl XLVI) host committee, the NFL, the Indianapolis community, and people around the country are looking to improve on the greening of the Cowboys stadium and Super Bowl XLV. … [continued]
We’ve written about coffee-roaster technology being used in new renewable energy applications, we’ve written about a record-breaking car that ran on coffee grinds, and we’ve even written about efforts to turn coffee grinds into ink, but this story is about something completely different. The Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) … [continued]
