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The Renewable Energy Renaissance

The real Renaissance is in renewable energy whose sources could meet 25% of the nation's energy needs by 2025. Renewable technologies can help restore political and economic stability as well as save money…and the planet.

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Entries from May 1, 2021 - May 31, 2021

Tuesday
May112021

For Clean Energy, Buy American or Buy It Quick and Cheap?

President Biden says slowing climate change will create jobs. Tension between unions and environmentalists shows it’s not so simple.

As reported by the New York Times.

Tuesday
May112021

Interior Department approves first large-scale offshore wind farm in the U.S.

The Vineyard Wind project envisions building 62 turbines off Martha’s Vineyard producing enough electricity to power 400,000 homes

As reported by the Washington Post.

The 800 Megawatt-electric (MW-e) Vineyard Wind project will almost be enough to entirely replace all the commercial nuclear power capacity that has ever operated in Massachusetts: Pilgrim, 677 MW-e (which operated from 1972 to 2019), and Yankee Rowe, 185 MW-e (which operated from 1960 to 1992).