The Interior Dept completed the environmental review for Vineyard Wind the first week of March 2021, the regulatory signal enabling the industry to move ahead and bring in investors to the first commercial-scale offshore wind …
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A new program is making battery storage affordable for affordable housing (and everyone else)
Article originally published by Utility Dive. The battery storage market for homes and businesses has been steadily growing over the past few years, driven by falling battery prices, demand for reliable backup power and the …
Climate Pledge Exceeds 100 Corporate Signatories
The Climate Pledge, an international program that asks corporations to pledge to achieve net zero emissions by 2040 (10 years in advance of the Paris Accord), exceeded 100 members to mark Earth Day 2021. Companies …
Taipei Tower Targets Carbon-absorbing Design
Vertical forest architecture is realized in the eco-designed, energy-conserving and carbon-absorbing 21-story green apartment tower in Taipei that is nearing completion. Tao Zhu Yin Yuan (Agora Garden Tower), designed by Vincent Callebaut Architectures, uses the …
Algae Energy Production Facade
Living algae facades cover buildings, sucking in CO2 and sun to produce renewable energy. See footage on Mashable
Third-party Solar Financing in Wisconsin Unsettled
The first municipality to test the ambiguity of Wisconsin’s third-party solar financing law was the City of Monona in 2014, when they successfully installed four rooftop solar PV systems financed by a third party (see Solar Energy Financing …
Wisconsin Utilities Will Report on Diversity and Customer Energy Burden
The PSC is requiring Wisconsin’s 609 regulated electric, gas and water utilities to include in annual reporting demographic information on their employees, boards of directors and supply chains, as well as the percent of household income spent …
As panels proliferate, Wisconsin to study rooftop solar potential
Article originally published by Wisconsin State Journal. The Public Service Commission voted … to study the potential for customer-owned generation, paying special attention to low-income households. The results could inform the commission’s policy decisions in …
President’s Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis
A substantial focus of President Biden’s Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis moves the country to a clean energy economy by using federal government procurement to stimulate the clean energy industry and good paying jobs. It …
NBI Releases Code Language to Achieve Carbon Neutral Buildings
Energy use in the built environment accounts for 39% of U.S. CO2 emissions. To help mitigate that, the New Buildings Institute (NBI) released the Building Decarbonization Code that aims to deliver carbon neutral performance in both residential and commercial …