Staff from NREL and GRID Alternatives Colorado install rooftop solar panels during a volunteer event. Residential solar PV installations like these can benefit from NREL’s free SolarAPP+ automated permitting software. Photo by Joe DelNero, NREL.
Permitting delays add thousands of dollars to the cost of rooftop solar systems in the US. Massachusetts has a solution.
The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources has just awarded 10 grants to nonprofit organizations in the state for more rooftop solar power deployment. This is the third round of grants from the department’s Low-Income Services Solar Program (LISSP). This round of grants totals $2.4 million. The rooftop solar systems will … [continued]
Loop Global completed a 64-port Level 2 charging installation at a multifamily development in Hyde Park, a Boston neighborhood. Loop Global is a leading provider of turnkey electric vehicle (EV) charging solutions, and the project was completed in May. It’s a very large EV charger installation for a multifamily structure … [continued]
The French firm TotalEnergies will not build offshore wind farms in the US, but it's a big world out there. This is the Seagreen wind farm in Scotland, courtesy of TotalEnergies.
NORTHEAST — Today, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Vermont sued the Trump administration over the U.S. Department of the Interior’s $1 billion buyout of TotalEnergies’ offshore wind leases, a move that led the company to abandon its U.S. offshore wind projects in exchange for doubling down on … [continued]
Uber and Lyft drivers in Massachusetts are tired of being taken advantage of, and are thus diverging from the long-term trend in the USA away from worker unions. Drivers for Uber and Lyft in The Baked Bean State have decided to combine forces for better pay and conditions by unionizing, … [continued]
Heavy seas engulf the Block Island Wind Farm — the first US offshore wind farm. The five Halide 6MW turbines were installed by Deepwater Wind and began producing power in 2016. (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Boston — Today, a judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts ruled in favor of renewable energy developers, temporarily blocking a number of the Trump administration’s relentless and aggressive attacks on the industry. Since taking office, Donald Trump and his administration have thrown up numerous roadblocks to clean energy … [continued]
Getting permission to connect a large rooftop solar system to the grid may be more trouble than its worth for many homeowners.
The 800-megawatt Vineyard Wind offshore wind project is back on track for completion by March 31, now that a federal judge has stayed a stop-work order issued by the Trump administration (cropped, courtesy of Vineyard Wind).
Another offshore wind win is tipping the score sheet in favor of renewables. At first glance, you may find it hard to believe that offshore wind is up-and-running and providing clean energy to communities. The Trump administration would like you to think that offshore wind is a losing proposition, and, … [continued]
Despite the sharp U-turn in federal energy policy, US states continue to push the renewable energy transition with energy storage incentives and virtual power plants as well as new wind, solar, and hydropower projects.
BOSTON and WASHINGTON, DC — Tonight, the Massachusetts House of Representatives passed House Bill 5151, An Act Relative to Energy Affordability, Clean Power, and Economic Competitiveness — a comprehensive piece of legislation that addresses the rising cost of utilities in Massachusetts while maintaining the Commonwealth’s leadership on clean energy transformation. Following is a statement … [continued]
