A state climate council has completed a roadmap for reducing greenhouse gases, but the real challenge will be implementing it, advocates say. The Maine Climate Council is set to release the final version of a four-year climate plan Tuesday, marking an important step for the state as it tries to meet an ambitious renewable portfolio standard. Gov. Janet Mills signed the … [Read more...] about Maine has a plan to fight climate change; now comes the hard part
Boston building owners get a one-stop shop for energy efficiency resources
The Building Energy Retrofit Resource Hub is a partnership with utility Eversource designed to help further reduce the city’s carbon emissions from buildings. The city of Boston and utility company Eversource have launched an information hub to help the owners of large buildings cut their energy usage and contribute to the city’s effort to go carbon neutral by … [Read more...] about Boston building owners get a one-stop shop for energy efficiency resources
‘Dark money’ group raises fears in Illinois energy negotiations
straightedge217 / Flickr / Creative Commons The Illinois Statehouse in Springfield. A mysterious group has spent more than a quarter million dollars promoting a vague agenda that’s critical of Illinois utilities’ clean energy transitions. Dramatic music plays as a mother wakes a child and a graduate throws their cap. “Illinois was promised a clean future, … [Read more...] about ‘Dark money’ group raises fears in Illinois energy negotiations
Power from the Prairie aims to link West Coast sun with Midwest wind
Dori / Wikimedia Commons A pair of energy consultants are promoting an HVDC interstate transmission-plus-storage project that could complete a link between California and Chicago. The missing link between California solar power and Midwest wind energy may be a 600-mile stretch from southwestern Wyoming to northwestern Iowa. A pair of energy consultants with Upper … [Read more...] about Power from the Prairie aims to link West Coast sun with Midwest wind
New Hampshire nears compromise on how to spend $5.2 million clean energy fund
Susan Bilo / NREL Workers install solar on a roof. After years of delays, stakeholders say they are ready to move forward with spending plans for the money, which was set aside by Eversource when it divested its generation assets. New Hampshire regulators and advocates are deciding how to use a $5.2 million fund to advance clean energy initiatives in the state. As families … [Read more...] about New Hampshire nears compromise on how to spend $5.2 million clean energy fund