Norwich Solar signed a 25-year lease agreement with property owners who were looking for a way to integrate renewable energy into long-term land use plans.
RANDOLPH Neighbors of proposed net-metering solar arrays in Norwich and Randolph are pressuring their local governments to backtrack and rescind their support.The proposed arrays would never have gone before the Public Utility Commission for.
Farming collaborative plan looks to keep land accessible, open >Shona Sanford-Long, along with her cattle dogs, Yap and Ruger, walks to feed her pigs in Tunbridge, Vt., on Wednesday, July 7, 2021. The Vermont Land Trust purchased Holstein Stock Farm from Ann and Corey Chapman in May and is leasing the land to the White River Land Collaborative, which has a multi-use community plan for the land, including solar panels, publicly accessible hiking trails and pastures and barn space for farmers like Sanford-Long. (Valley News / Report For America - Alex Driehaus) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com. Valley News / Report For America photographs Alex Driehaus
Rob Donnelly John Ovitt has a sticky problem. The Franklin Foods cream cheese plant he runs in Enosburg Falls makes more wastewater than the tiny village treatment plant can handle. Eric Fitch has an innovative solution. The founder and CEO of New Hampshire-based renewable power company PurposeEnergy could transform that foul cheese water into a valued commodity: renewable electricity. Their partnership seemed like a perfect match until the state s energy regulators recently raised an inconvenient truth: The power grid in the northern third of Vermont already has more renewable energy than it can handle. Big wind and solar projects developed in recent years in rural parts of the region generate far more power than businesses and residents there consume. The surplus electricity is exported to more densely populated parts of the state over older transmission lines tha
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Vermont Business Magazine Norwich Solar Technologies (NST) has launched its Small Business Community Solar Alliance (Small Biz CSA) throughout northern New England focused on helping small businesses recover from the devastating impacts of COVID 19.
Norwich Solar Technologies CEO Jim Merriam said, “Small businesses are hurting across Northern New England, and we all want to do our part to help them come back strong. Using the savings solar can provide, Norwich Solar can help small businesses reduce the energy expenses and recover faster.”
NST’s Small Biz CSA requires no upfront costs and has no operations and maintenance expenses. Businesses simply sign up and save.