FERC REPORTS 67.1-GW OF NEW SOLAR AND 17.5-GW OF NEW WIND GENERATING CAPACITY IN THE THREE-YEAR “HIGH PROBABILITY” PIPELINE BUT ONLY 3.2-GW OF NET ADDITIONS BY NATURAL GAS AND 2.2-GW BY NUCLEAR POWER For Release: Friday – October 7, 2022 … Continue reading →
George Harvey As Green Energy Times publishes about the things we need to save the planet, we often cover batteries. Whether they be for grid energy storage, household resilience, or electric vehicles, the need for batteries is real. And right … Continue reading →
Hanford Mills Museum will hold its annual Independence Day Celebration on Wednesday, July 4. Activities include a kids’ fishing derby on the Mill Pond, frog jumping contests, live music, local food, and steam-power and water-power demonstrations in the Museum’s historic … Continue reading →
By George Harvey Two hydropower inventions currently going through the patent process could have far-reaching consequences. Both could enable smaller-scale hydro power projects by making them cost-effective where they had not been previously. Closed-loop hydroelectric pumped storage Pumped hydro has … Continue reading →
Event #1: The Pessamit Innu First Nation, a native community located on the north shore of the St Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada, will present the impacts of Hydro Quebec and Northern Pass at the Nashua Public Library on Wednesday, … Continue reading →
Capital Region Meeting of the New York Solar Energy Society Friday, May 19th, 2017 12 noon to 1:30 PM Restored Mechanicville Hydro Electric Dam Where History and Energy come together Oldest continuously operating Hydroelectric Dam in USA! http://www.albanyengineering.com/mechanicville.htm Come tour … Continue reading →
COLCHESTER, VT… Green Mountain Power announced that it has reached an agreement with Enel Green Power North America, Inc. (EGP-NA) to purchase 14 small hydroelectric plants for a total installed capacity of 17 MW. These hydro plants are located in … Continue reading →
by Russell King The classic picture of hydropower is that of a large concrete dam that spans the breadth of a river, providing water and electricity to thousands, if not millions. Hydroelectric dams are not merely physically big, however; their … Continue reading →
By George Harvey Many Green Energy Times readers will recognize the name of Lori Barg, who did an extensive study on Vermont dams that lacked hydroelectric facilities. She concluded that a large number of them could be developed for hydroelectric … Continue reading →
Project adds significant low cost, renewable energy for Vermonters Green Mountain Power recently completed an improvement project to its 110-year-old hydro plant on the Otter Creek in Proctor that will mean more renewable, low-cost hydro power for GMP customers. The … Continue reading →