Making renewable energy successful 
National Grid opens largest solar plant in Massachusetts(1)
National Grid has completed the first of five planned solar plants in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, a one-megawatt plant in Whitinsville, MA. This project was the first utility-owned solar plant completed under the Massachusetts Green Communities Act, a 2008 law that allowed utilities to own up to 50MW of solar generation.
The rooftop installation is predicted to generate more [...]
Skinner bill expands solar energy buy-back program in California
The California Legistlature adopted a Bill written by Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, that would allow utilities to buy up to 5 percent of their energy from customers. Current law limits those purchases to 2.5 percent.
The Assembly adopted the bill on a 53-1 vote and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, said the governor intends to sign it. The [...]
Got Sun?
Learn a new vocabulary! Take a refresher course on the electrical power of the sun and the wind! Although the enthusiasm of renewable-energy experts Ewing and Pratt might get a bit wearing, they’ve developed a nontechnical reference and guide for home owners thinking about pulling the plug on their utility connections. In fact, after a [...]
How to Harness the Power and Help the Future
We have come along way in developing societies that have electricity and thepower necessary to fuel vehicles and for industry to be successful. All of theseefforts though rely upon the use of energy source that comes from fossil fuels.They are found in the ground and have to be processed in order for us to havethat [...]