Henry Harrell"s Blog: October 27 Green Energy News

Headline News:

Organic Valley, America’s largest organic farmer co-operative, will be one of the largest food companies in the world to use 100% renewable electricity. It is working with the Upper Midwest Municipal Energy Group and OneEnergy Renewables in solar community partnership, with over 12 MW of solar installations in Wisconsin. [Co-operative News]

Organic Valley’s Cashton Office Building, powered by sun and wind (PRNewsfoto | Organic Valley)

After extended debate, Vermont lawmakers imposed new statewide limits on wind power that are meant to prevent sound from disturbing neighbors’ health and sleep. Some renewable energy advocates claim the restrictions will effectively stop the construction of large wind projects, which deliver the lowest cost energy in the area. [BurlingtonFreePress.com]
NextEra Energy, whose holdings include Seabrook Nuclear Station, has hopes of making money on the largest proposed solar site in New Hampshire, but several other sites are in the works. Combined, the projects proposed in New Hampshire total 210 MW of capacity, triple the state’s solar capacity in 2016. [New Hampshire Business Review]
The “We Are Still In” coalition of US non-federal leaders set up immediately after of President Donald Trump’s decision to pull the country out of the Paris Climate Agreement has committed to send delegations to COP23, the next round of UN Climate talks to be held in Bonn, Germany, next month, spurning their President’s decision. [CleanTechnica]
DOE secretary Rick Perry’s pro-coal market intervention would cost taxpayers as much as $10.6 billion a year over the next decade, according to a joint analysis by the non-partisan groups Climate Policy Initiative and Energy Innovation. Just a handful of companies, operating about 90 plants in the East and Midwest, would benefit. [The Guardian]

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