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Tag: solar energy

  • Biomass Rejected in Favor of Solar in Springfield, VT

    -  by Susan Small­heer, July 17, 2014, Rut­land Herald North Spring­field, Vt. — Out with bio­mass, in with solar panels. Win­stan­ley Enter­pris­es announced Wednes­day that it was seek­ing state approval to build five, 500-kilo­watt solar arrays in the North Spring­field Indus­tri­al Park. Some of the land that will be used was ear­li­er pro­posed to be the…

  • Biomass Industry Lashes Out at Solar Subsidies

    [The heav­i­ly-sub­si­dized, pol­lut­ing bio­mass ener­gy indus­try cries foul over get­ting a small­er slice of the tax­pay­er pie than smoke­stack-free solar ener­gy in Cal­i­for­nia. ‑Ed.]  -  by Bon­ner R. Cohen, July 15, 2014, Heart­land The Cal­i­for­nia Wind Ener­gy Asso­ci­a­tion and oth­er renew­able ener­gy groups crit­i­cized a new law extend­ing spe­cial tax breaks to the Cal­i­for­nia solar pow­er…