Sustainable Power

“Here Comes the Sun: A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization," comes out next week.

Federal tax credits for rooftop solar will go away altogether at the end of this year, repealing decades of incentives that previously enjoyed bipartisan support.

SunCommon is the largest solar company in Vermont and was purchased by iSun in 2021.

Renewable developers, some lawmakers and community solar advocates say new cuts to rooftop solar incentives in Vermont don’t make sense in the face of climate change. But state regulators say they will push utilities to invest in more affordable renewable energy projects.

A transmission line that would have brought 1,200 megawatts of power back and forth between Quebec and New England would have brought in millions of dollars for Northeast Kingdom communities.

America’s first major offshore wind farm, Vineyard Wind, will have 62 turbines standing taller than the Boston skyline. Workers are laying undersea cables now, and the turbines are scheduled for installation next summer, 15 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard.

The Biden administration will invoke the Defense Production Act to increase U.S. manufacturing of solar panels while declaring a two-year tariff exemption on panels from Southeast Asia.

Hundreds of large-scale solar power projects are on hold in the U.S., while federal trade officials investigate whether Chinese manufacturers and affiliates in Southeast Asia illegally avoided duties on solar panels. Some see the situation as a threat to President Biden's climate agenda.

A mid-sized project in York County that's part of the state's new "community solar" program is just about to go live.

The Department of Public Service has rejected New Haven's energy plan.Under the state's new energy siting law towns or regional planning commissions have…