Town adopts laws related to installation of Raquette Lake microgrid facility By Chloe Bennett and Gwendolyn Craig A hamlet in the Adirondack Park is one step closer to hosting a 20-megawatt battery storage facility. After a public … [Read more...] about Long Lake powers up, passing laws to oversee battery storage
clean energy
Building a home for energy efficiency and renewables
Newly formed North Country Clean Energy Hub aims to connect homeowners, communities to energy efficiency, renewable energy programs and incentives By Chloe Bennett An energy transition away from fossil fuels in the U.S. calls for large-scale … [Read more...] about Building a home for energy efficiency and renewables
Mayfield farmer is betting on solar
Fulton County dairy farm hopes solar will save its lands; public has mixed reaction to 40-megawatt project By Gwendolyn Craig Nearly 100 people attended an open house Wednesday night about a proposed 40-megawatt solar array in the town of … [Read more...] about Mayfield farmer is betting on solar
Quebec’s battery
Hydro-Quebec's power generation, Indigenous culture wired into tangled past By Zachary Matson The scale of Hydro-Quebec’s portfolio of dams and reservoirs is staggering. The projects have remade the social and natural landscape of northern … [Read more...] about Quebec’s battery
Climate scientist to state: Where’s the nuclear power?
James Hansen criticizes state climate plan, leads calls for expansion of nuclear energy generation By Cayte Bosler The state’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act calls for a rapid transition to carbon-free electricity by … [Read more...] about Climate scientist to state: Where’s the nuclear power?
State approves multi-billion dollar deal to support Lake Champlain power line
Transmission line project will deliver Canadian hydropower to NYC By Zachary Matson Approval of a key state contract Thursday means that construction could start this summer on a transmission line at the bottom of Lake Champlain and the … [Read more...] about State approves multi-billion dollar deal to support Lake Champlain power line