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Albany County Commission approves Rock Creek Wind Project

The Albany County Board of Commissioners have approved a wind energy conversion systems permit for the Rock Creek Wind Project by a 3-0 vote. The commission had tabled the project following a public hearing Dec. 7 after commissioners asked for more time to ask questions and took the issue up Read more…

By ARE, 1 yearJanuary 26, 2022 ago
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City Climate Corner Podcast – ICLEI and the Race to Zero (Carbon)

EPISODE SUMMARY ICLEI, Local Governments for Sustainability, has been helping local governments with climate action for three decades. Learn how they’re evolving with some exciting new tools, cohorts, and programs. And hear how the Race to Zero is showing cities that it’s possible to cut carbon emissions by 60% in Read more…

By ARE, 1 yearJanuary 26, 2022 ago
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USDA Launches Pilot Program to Deploy Renewable Energy Infrastructure to People in Rural Towns

Funding Will Help People in Particularly Underserved Rural Communities Cut Energy Costs, Increase Energy Resiliency and Address Climate Change WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 19, 2022 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the Department is making up to $10 million available to help people living in rural Read more…

By ARE, 1 yearJanuary 26, 2022 ago
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FedEx receives its first electric delivery vans from GM’s BrightDrop

FedEx is the first customer to receive electric delivery vans from General Motors’ new EV-focused company BrightDrop. The logistics giant says it will integrate the EVs into its fleet starting in 2022. BrightDrop, which is GM’s new dedicated electric delivery van spinoff, said it delivered five of its larger-sized EV600 Read more…

By ARE, 1 yearJanuary 26, 2022 ago
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Get Involved in Your City Government!

Greetings and Happy New Year from the Alliance for Renewable Energy of Laramie! Interested in volunteering to serve the betterment of your community and share your knowledge/expertise? The City of Laramie is looking for interested citizens to fill vacancies on various boards/commissions. One of which is the Environmental Advisory Committee, Read more…

By ARE, 1 yearJanuary 14, 2022 ago
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This Colorado ‘solar garden’ is literally a farm under solar panels

When Byron Kominek returned home after the Peace Corps and later working as a diplomat in Africa, his family’s 24-acre farm near Boulder, Colo., was struggling to turn a profit. “Our farm has mainly been hay producing for fifty years,” Kominek said, on a recent chilly morning, the sun illuminating Read more…

By ARE, 1 yearDecember 2, 2021 ago
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Farming and solar power set to combine in Netherlands-based pilot project

Swedish energy firm Vattenfall has been given a permit to build the project in the Netherlands. The idea of deploying solar panels on farmland has been around for many years. Swedish energy firm Vattenfall has been given a permit to build a project in the Netherlands that plans to combine Read more…

By ARE, 1 yearOctober 21, 2021 ago
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Plug-in cars are the future. The grid isn’t ready.

By 2035, the chief automakers will have turned away from the internal combustion engine. It’ll be up to the grid to fuel all those new cars, trucks and buses. Maple Ridge in Lewis County is New York’s largest wind farm. (Kate Lovering for The Washington Post)By Will Englund October 13, 2021|Updated October Read more…

By ARE, 1 yearOctober 21, 2021 ago
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🚨 IMPORTANT LARAMIE SOLAR TOUR INFO 🚨

Below you will find info on how to participate in the first-ever Laramie Solar Tour! Please know that there are multiple options to participate! Bike Tour: Starts at 10:00 am on Saturday at the Laramie Ice & Events Center located at 3510 East Garfield, and concludes at Noon at the Read more…

By ARE, 1 yearOctober 1, 2021 ago
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How A Colorado Coal Plant Could Become A Massive Battery For Renewable Energy

Mathew Mendisco knows his community looks less and less like a coal town.  On a recent afternoon, the town manager of Hayden, Colo., arrived at Yampa Valley Brewing Company for happy hour. The taproom is attached to a small vacation rental unit. Next door is a new coffee shop built Read more…

By ARE, 1 yearSeptember 29, 2021 ago

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