Small Wind Power Projects Expanding into New Markets

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2024 16:54:20 +0000

The distributed wind market is growing both in size and variety, according to a new PNNL-led report An electric vehicle manufacturer, two schools and two Alaskan villages: these are just some of the organizations using wind turbines to help meet their energy needs. For the last eight months, researchers from … [continued]

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16 Rural Electric Cooperatives Will Leverage $7.3 Billion in Federal Funding to Deliver More Affordable, Reliable Electricity to Their Members

Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2024 14:50:52 +0000

Projects represent historic investments of $29 billion in clean energy that will benefit 1 in 5 rural Americans The first wave of 16 rural electric cooperatives (co-ops) selected to receive the USDA’s Empowering Rural America (New ERA) funding plan to leverage their awards to deploy carbon-free energy to help power … [continued]

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Atlanta Motorsports Park Amps Up Its Dawsonville Track Campus With 358kW Solar Array

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2024 20:55:50 +0000

A large solar farm is coming to Atlanta Motorsports Park (AMP), a premier motorsports club in Dawsonville renowned for its F1-style road course and thrilling karting course. Located in Dawsonville, Ga., the AMP campus is adding solar power through an array of 747 panels, generating 480 watts per panel, for … [continued]

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Updated Home Energy Efficiency Standards Could Affect 1 in 4 Homes

Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Mon, 06 May 2024 03:33:42 +0000

Updated efficiency standards from HUD and USDA will lower bills and make homes safer. Here’s how. On April 25, the US Departments of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Agriculture (USDA) announced final energy efficiency standards for new home construction. The refreshed standards will impact up to a quarter of … [continued]

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Tri-State Closing Arizona, Colorado Coal Plants Early, Investing in More Renewables

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2023 14:11:09 +0000

Colorado-based cooperative Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association will accelerate the closure of a coal-fired unit in the northwestern part of the state, and also announced a retirement date for an […]

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New Plant Hardiness Map, Used By Gardeners Nationwide & Based On OSU Climate Data, Unveiled

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2023 20:45:48 +0000

The U.S. Department of Agriculture today released its new Plant Hardiness Zone Map, the national standard by which gardeners can … [continued]

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Regenerative Agriculture Finds Its Mojo, With Or Without Agrivoltaics

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2023 15:15:31 +0000

regenerative agriculture agrivoltaics usda solar energyPrivate investors, public funding, and agrivoltaics are all converging on regenerative agriculture like a thousand points of light.

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