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February 12, 2021 By Shelley Byrne A Pennsylvania county has signed an agreement to purchase renewable energy generated through a new hydropower plant planned at an existing dam on the Ohio River. On January 28, Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald announced the county has entered into a 35-year power purchase agreement with Rye Development, based in Boston, Mass., to purchase the power generated by a 17.8-megawatt, low-impact hydropower facility Rye is building. He called the announcement a landmark day for the county. “...

Pennsylvania Business Report Home » News » Allegheny County, Rye Development enter power purchase agreement to support locally generated renewable energy Allegheny County, Rye Development enter power purchase agreement to support locally generated renewable energy © Shutterstock Allegheny County committed to locally generated renewable energy last week, entering into a 35-year power purchase agreement with Rye Development LLC to purchase renewable energy generated by a 17.8 MW low-impact hydropower facility Rye will construct on the Ohio River. “This is a landmark day for our county,” ...

90.5 WESA's "The Confluence" for Monday, February 1, 2021 On today's program: Sustainable Pittsburgh executive director Joylette Portlock explains a planned hydroelectric plant signals the county’s commitment to renewable energy; Struggling tenants and landlords are still waiting for millions of dollars in rent relief allocated for the state; and the Frick Art Museum looks at its history and that of its founder, Helen Clay Frick in an exhibit. Sustainable Pittsburgh executive director on the county’s upcoming hydroelectric plant (0:00 — 6:27)  Plans have been unveiled to construct a l...

As of Jan. 28, Allegheny County has entered into a 35-year power purchase agreement with a company that will provide renewable hydropower for county facilities....

Jared Murphy / 90.5 WESA Although President Joe Biden’s actions on climate change have stirred anxieties about job loss in energy-producing states like Pennsylvania, a new report predicts that plans like Biden’s could create roughly a quarter-million jobs annually in the Commonwealth. And within hours after the report's release, local officials announced a small but symbolic down payment on green energy investment. The 243,000 clean-energy jobs that could be created each year over the next decade in Pennsylvania "are jobs across the board,” said Robert Pollin, a professor at the Un...