NORWICH, Vt. — When most people think of a picture of Vermont one of the images that immediately comes to mind are black and white cows grazing on a bucolic hillside with the Green Mountains as the backdrop. Dairy farming is synonymous with the Vermont way of life, but the economics of operating a sustainable […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Amid a surge in large-scale solar energy developments across the state, Ohioans now have more influence over what, if any, land in their communities will be used for wind or solar farms. A new state law (Senate Bill 52) that went into effect Oct. 11, allows county governments to designate restricted areas […]

WATERLOO, N.Y. — Many landowners, especially farmland owners and farm operators, are being approached to lease farmland to a solar energy company.  Before signing on the dotted line, everyone is encouraged to do their due diligence and understand how the process actually works.  Most often, once a contract is signed, it and the terms it […]

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — To help address the world’s need for clean energy, Colorado State University, the Wright Center for Photovoltaics at the University of Toledo, and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory have teamed with U.S.-based companies to form the U.S. Manufacturing of Advanced Cadmium Telluride (US-MAC) photovoltaics consortium. Jim Sites, professor in the CSU Department […]