Secure Futures Opens Office in Charlotte, NC
New Operation Will Help Meet Demand for Commercial Solar Power in North Carolina Market Dominated by Utility Solar
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CHARLOTTE, N.C., Jan. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Secure Futures Solar, a commercial-scale solar power developer based in Staunton, Va., has recently opened an office to offer distributed solar power systems to schools, hospitals and businesses in North Carolina. The new office will be staffed by two veterans of solar power and energy businesses. The Charlotte office will seek to develop the substantial untapped market for commercial solar power in one of the nation s top three solar states.
Legislature passes climate change bill
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Rep. Paul J. Donato, D-Medford, along with his colleagues in the Massachusetts Legislature passed breakthrough climate legislation that overhauls the state’s climate laws, drives down greenhouse gas emissions, creates clean energy jobs and protects environmental justice communities.
The bill, An Act Creating a Next-Generation Roadmap for Massachusetts Climate Policy (S.2995), sets a 2050 net-zero greenhouse gas emissions limit, as well as statewide limits every five years; increases the requirements for offshore wind energy procurement bringing the statewide total to 5,600 megawatts; requires emission reduction goals for MassSave, the state’s energy efficiency program; and, for the first time, establishes the criteria in statute that define environmental justice populations. The legislation also increases support for clean energy workforce development programs including those targeting low-income communities and improves
Massachusetts should say ‘no’ to biomass incineration in future energy policy (Guest viewpoint)
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Posted Jan 21, 2021 Springfield - City councilor Jesse Lederman speaks at a demonstration in September to oppose plans for a biomass energy plant in East Springfield. (Hoang Leon Nguyen / The Republican)
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By Jesse Lederman | Guest viewpoint
Gov. Charlie Baker’s Department of Energy Resources is proposing to weaken state laws to make biomass incinerating power plants eligible for millions of dollars a year in state-guaranteed renewable energy credit incentives funded by us, the rate-payers.
Burning biomass is not renewable. According to the 2012 state-sponsored Manomet Study, wood-burning biomass power plants emit even more pollution than fossil fuel plants. That is why since 2012 the rules known as the Renewable Portfolio Standard have not allowed them to be eligible for the financial benefits brought on by awarding renewable energy cre
The procurement process comes from 2019 legislation that aims to double the state's renewable energy portfolio. Seventeen projects chosen in the first round last year will reduce carbon emissions by 500,000 tons and create hundreds of jobs, the commission said.
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