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Vermont State Colleges Trustees approve consolidation, campuses to stay open
The Vermont State College System Board of Trustees have voted to move forward with the proposal outlined by the state’s Select Committee on the Future of Public Higher Education in Vermont. The proposal will unify the three residential colleges, Castleton University, Northern Vermont University, and Vermont Technical College, under a common accreditation in Academic Year 2023-2024 while maintaining the Community College of Vermont as a separate institution. Additionally, the system will streamline services across the institutions through significant administrative consolidation. The board said it is committed to maintaining the current campus locations. A single president of the consolidated colleges would take over by January 2022.
Monday, 15 February 2021
Encore Renewable Energy, Bromley Mountain Ski Resort and Tangent Energy Solutions have announced their plans to develop and build a 615 kWdc solar project on land owned by Bromley Mountain in Peru, Vermont.
The resort has implemented several sustainability initiatives over the last two decades, including energy efficiency upgrades to their buildings and snowmaking activities. The new project jointly developed by Encore and Tangent Energy Solutions will generate clean, locally generated solar power and help Bromley reach their sustainability goals.
Sunwealth, one of Encore’s strategic partners, financed the project and will own and operate it for the life of the system. This project is the 6th collaborative effort between the two companies which has resulted in over $5 million of economic activity in Vermont. It also allows commercial customers like Bromley Mountain Resort to secure the social, environmental and economic benefits of attaining significant
Encore Renewable Energy, Bromley Mountain Ski Resort and Tangent Energy Solutions announced plans to develop and build a 615-kWdc solar project on land owned by Bromley Mountain in Peru, Vermont. The resort has implemented several sustainability initiatives over the last two decades, including energy efficiency upgrades to their buildings and snowmaking activities. The new project jointly developed by Encore and Tangent Energy Solutions will generate clean, locally generated solar power and help Bromley reach their sustainability goals. Construction will begin on the project winter of 2021 and is expected to be completed before summer 2021.
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“As a lifelong skier and winter sports enthusiast, I continue to be both encouraged and impressed with the Vermont ski industry’s ongoing commitment to reducing their energy footprint with proactive efficiency and renewable energy measures,” said Chad Farrell, Founder and CEO of Encore Renewable Energy.
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The first significant snowfall of the season gave cleanup crews in the Northshire a lot of work to do, and covered local ski areas in a much-welcomed fresh blanket of powder.
According to National Weather Service Albany, N.Y., bureau data, 29 inches fell on Peru Wednesday and another 15 inches on Thursday. That adds up to 44 inches, or twice the length of this newspaper.
According to NWS Albany data collected Thursday, Landgrove got 42 inches, closely followed by 39 inches in East Dorset, 32.7 inches in Manchester Center and 24 inches in Woodford.
At Bromley Mountain in Peru, the storm was a welcome surprise, marketing coordinator Savannah Strom said.