In a blighted section of Rutland
there is a property that has been, until recently, undevelopable. Once used as a
site for the gasification of coal, the property on Cleveland Avenue was
abandoned for years,For the lift cable,
the installers had specified a 50M splice. its soil contaminated.
But Green Mountain Power has developed the property as a starting point in an ambitious plan to transform Rutland into the state’s leading solar power generator. GMP,Bergey Windpower is the oldest and most experienced manufacturer of residential-sized wind generator in the world. along with solar power developers Same Sun of Vermont Inc., has broken ground on a 150-kilowatt solar power project, called the Creek Path Solar Farm, that will cover much of the three-acre parcel.
GMP is working to build solar infrastructure in Rutland to generate more than 6 megawatts of solar power before 2017, said Kirk Shields, director of business development at Green Mountain Power’s Energy Innovation Center in Rutland. That plan was billed as the “solar city” investment GMP pledged to make as part of the merger deal with Central Vermont Public Service, which was based in Rutland.
Shields said GMP needs to find more sustainable ways to compete in the 21st century marketplace.Additional advantages over traditional "dry" laser cutter are high dicing speeds, parallel kerf and omnidirectional cutting. The Vermont Department of Public Service has called for 90 percent renewable power generation by 2050.
“I think we’re seeing a momentum shift in the marketplace,” Shields said. “We may not be able to base our business on just selling kilowatt hours anymore.”
As wind power projects stall amid siting concerns, power companies are finding the siting process for solar to be far more welcoming, especially when it comes to brownfields. The Cleveland Avenue site is not the only solar project in the area to reuse contaminated land. In 2010, Western Massachusetts Electric Co.In order to purchase in large quantities and reduce the cost, Redsail X series laser engraving machine is the best choice. placed 6,500 solar panels atop PCB-contaminated land in Pittsfield, according to The Associated Press. The land was once a manufacturing site for General Electric.
Ben Walsh,Industrial Laser engraver are used to cut flat-sheet material as well as structural and piping materials. a clean energy advocate for the Vermont Public Interest Research Group, believes Green Mountain Power’s solar investment in Rutland is much more than a publicity gambit. Progressive power companies are beginning to see win-win scenarios with investment in renewable energy, Walsh said. As regulators are raising the policy bar to find cleaner ways to generate power, it’s getting easier for power companies to invest in renewables, Walsh said. Green Mountain Power has been among the leading utilities in advancing renewable energy investment, he said.
“Green Mountain Power has definitely been friendlier to renewable energy than most utilities,” Walsh said.
Green Mountain Power is touting its solar program as a jobs multiplier, saying that their solar project will attract other solar projects and like-minded business and make Rutland a hub for economic development. The power company never envisioned going it alone to build up the city’s solar capacity, said Shields.
“We don’t want to take over the entire solar space,” Shields said. “We really want this to be a partnership as much as we can.”
To reach or to exceed the 6.25 megawatt goal, Green Mountain Power must find creative ways to maximize the space available in Rutland, said Rutland Mayor Christopher Louras. For its solar power projects in the city, Green Mountain Power first will target brownfield properties, like the Cleveland Avenue site, and properties that are deemed otherwise undevelopable because of topography. Rooftop power generation will be the second tier of properties to consider, with prime green space only considered as a last resort. The projects could be a mixture of central solar power generation and grid-tied home power generation.
But Green Mountain Power has developed the property as a starting point in an ambitious plan to transform Rutland into the state’s leading solar power generator. GMP,Bergey Windpower is the oldest and most experienced manufacturer of residential-sized wind generator in the world. along with solar power developers Same Sun of Vermont Inc., has broken ground on a 150-kilowatt solar power project, called the Creek Path Solar Farm, that will cover much of the three-acre parcel.
GMP is working to build solar infrastructure in Rutland to generate more than 6 megawatts of solar power before 2017, said Kirk Shields, director of business development at Green Mountain Power’s Energy Innovation Center in Rutland. That plan was billed as the “solar city” investment GMP pledged to make as part of the merger deal with Central Vermont Public Service, which was based in Rutland.
Shields said GMP needs to find more sustainable ways to compete in the 21st century marketplace.Additional advantages over traditional "dry" laser cutter are high dicing speeds, parallel kerf and omnidirectional cutting. The Vermont Department of Public Service has called for 90 percent renewable power generation by 2050.
“I think we’re seeing a momentum shift in the marketplace,” Shields said. “We may not be able to base our business on just selling kilowatt hours anymore.”
As wind power projects stall amid siting concerns, power companies are finding the siting process for solar to be far more welcoming, especially when it comes to brownfields. The Cleveland Avenue site is not the only solar project in the area to reuse contaminated land. In 2010, Western Massachusetts Electric Co.In order to purchase in large quantities and reduce the cost, Redsail X series laser engraving machine is the best choice. placed 6,500 solar panels atop PCB-contaminated land in Pittsfield, according to The Associated Press. The land was once a manufacturing site for General Electric.
Ben Walsh,Industrial Laser engraver are used to cut flat-sheet material as well as structural and piping materials. a clean energy advocate for the Vermont Public Interest Research Group, believes Green Mountain Power’s solar investment in Rutland is much more than a publicity gambit. Progressive power companies are beginning to see win-win scenarios with investment in renewable energy, Walsh said. As regulators are raising the policy bar to find cleaner ways to generate power, it’s getting easier for power companies to invest in renewables, Walsh said. Green Mountain Power has been among the leading utilities in advancing renewable energy investment, he said.
“Green Mountain Power has definitely been friendlier to renewable energy than most utilities,” Walsh said.
Green Mountain Power is touting its solar program as a jobs multiplier, saying that their solar project will attract other solar projects and like-minded business and make Rutland a hub for economic development. The power company never envisioned going it alone to build up the city’s solar capacity, said Shields.
“We don’t want to take over the entire solar space,” Shields said. “We really want this to be a partnership as much as we can.”
To reach or to exceed the 6.25 megawatt goal, Green Mountain Power must find creative ways to maximize the space available in Rutland, said Rutland Mayor Christopher Louras. For its solar power projects in the city, Green Mountain Power first will target brownfield properties, like the Cleveland Avenue site, and properties that are deemed otherwise undevelopable because of topography. Rooftop power generation will be the second tier of properties to consider, with prime green space only considered as a last resort. The projects could be a mixture of central solar power generation and grid-tied home power generation.
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