“This fair will showcase key organizations, sustainable businesses, and empowered individuals in the Berkshires who are creating a livable future–one that is healthier, more prosperous for everyone, and more socially connected.” — Judy Eddy
Tag: Berkshire Photovoltaic Services
Bits & Bytes: Denny Alsop in Boston; River Walk Earth Day workday; ZviDance at MASS MoCA; Terry Tempest Williams at Williams; 350Mass Berkshires meeting; marionette shows at Ventfort Hall; BCC Spring Gathering; BCD students move on
In Boston, Alsop will deliver a letter he’s carried from the Berkshires in a quest for a clean Housatonic River, free of the PCBs that GE dumped there years ago.
News Briefs: MASSPIRG foresees a viable clean energy future
According to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the United States has the technical potential to meet its current electricity needs more than 100 times over with solar energy and more than 10 times over with wind energy.
Cap on solar energy stymies Berkshire clean energy projects
A proposed community solar project in Williamstown that is estimated to save the town $2 million over 20 years is at risk of being stalled due to the net metering caps
State energy study seems to support gas pipeline, minimizes sustainable energy resources
“I can confidently say that the pace of renewable energy technology adoption is increasing, and the very certain progress in electricity storage will allow residential and utility scale solar to offset demand for those peak winter hours in the years 2020-2030 that this study says can be fulfilled by new pipeline capacity.”
— Berkshire Photovoltaic Services’ Christopher Kilfoyle