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REV2021 Virtual Conference Announces Keynote Speaker & Special Guests
Montpelier, VT – The 21st Annual Renewable Energy Vermont Virtual Conference welcomes an impressive lineup of speakers for REV2021, northern New England’s premier clean energy and climate...
Moving From Fossil Fuels to Renewables is the Key to Stopping Climate Change
A recent piece by anti-renewable energy crusader Annette Smith asks, “Is Electrifying Everything a Climate Solution?” For those of us concerned about the changing climate’s increasing...
Peter Sterling Named Interim Executive Director of Renewable Energy Vermont
Peter Sterling joined Renewable Energy Vermont as Interim Executive Director this week. Over his career, Peter has established himself as an effective advocate on a range of issues...
Energy storage is the solution
The first backup battery powered statehouse in the nation is nestled right here in the mountains of Montpelier, Vermont. You know what they say, “real leadership leads by example,” but...
Living An Electrifying Life
Every family has their own style and ours has always been—if you see a problem, don’t complain about it, do something. We saw early on that climate disruption was on its way and we wanted...
REV Member Northern Reliability Is Moving US Toward Renewables, One Battery At A Time
Jay Bellows is president and CEO of Northern Reliability, a Waterbury-based company that recently announced a partnership with KORE Power, Inc. to provide the first utility-scale mobile...
REV Members Celebrate Pollinator Week and the Ecosystem Benefits of Solar
Montpelier, VT – Renewable Energy Vermont celebrates the fifteenth annual Pollinator Week, June 21-27, an international celebration promoting the valuable ecosystem services provided by...
REV Announces 2021 Conference and Request for Presentations
The 2021 Renewable Energy Vermont (REV) conference, REV It Up: Climate Action, Equity & Resilience will take place October 4 & 5 in South Burlington, Vermont. The largest...
REV Launches New Tool to Combat Unemployment & Help Build Vermont’s Clean Energy Future
Renewable Energy Vermont (REV), Vermont’s nonprofit renewable energy trade association, today announced a new tool for job seekers looking for sustainable local employment. REV’s new Clean...
Vermont Must Seize the Opportunity for Meaningful Climate Progress
One of the many things that make me proud to be a Vermonter is the willingness of so many thoughtful and experienced people to work for the greater good. The Vermont Climate Council is one...
Proposed Renewable & Climate Resiliency Investment to Spur Economic Recovery & Lower Energy Costs
Governor Phil Scott today proposed more than $200 million in state-federal climate change mitigation investments that will lower energy burdens and climate pollution while supporting...
Combined Heat and Power at Allard Lumber Saves Money, Jobs, and Environment
When the water pump on Allard Lumber’s boiler went a few years back, Trevor Allard finally had the excuse he needed to begin building the Combined Heat and Power (CHP) system that he had...
Use Wood to Create an Efficient Heating System
Winter is coming to an end, making it a great time to consider upgrades to your heating system that will improve your comfort next winter! You’ve probably heard that the state has a goal...
Advanced Wood Heating–A Cost-Saving Solution for Schools
Large school buildings are great candidates for modern wood heat. They use large quantities of oil and need high-temperature hot water or steam. If a building is consuming between 10,000...
EVs Have New Momentum, But Let’s Keep Our Eye on the Ball
2021 has already been a banner year for the electrification of transportation. For those of us who have been working to advance the deployment and adoption of electric vehicles and...
Join TCI to invest in a resilient, equitable, and strong economic future for Vermont
Burton Snowboards was born in a barn in southern Vermont over 40 years ago, and we proudly remain a Vermont based business. The climate crisis is a direct threat to the sport we love, the...
REV2020 Recap—Resilience and Energy Storage
As federal funding for COVID recovery comes to Vermont and our leaders make choices about how to rebuild out of the pandemic, we have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to invest these...
REV Members Make EV Chargers More Affordable for GMP Business Customers
REV Member Green Mountain Power (GMP) is making it simple and affordable for business customers to install electric vehicle chargers for the public and their employees with a new Workplace...
REV2020 Recap: Toward a Zero-Emission Transportation System—Policies that Work
Transportation is the single biggest source of climate pollution in Vermont, producing 45% of our state’s greenhouse gas emissions. We simply will not achieve the necessary and...
Why We Need Climate Resolutions in 2021
Typically, a new year brings opportunity for reflection and resolutions for healthier and happier living. In the time of COVID and deep economic recession, resolutions may look different....
Success for Burlington’s Green Stimulus Plan–Now Extended into 2021
Heat Pump Installations Under BED’s Net Zero Energy Programs Have Increased Fivefold and Allowed More Low-and Moderate-Income Burlingtonians to Strategically Electrify; Installations...
Now Easier Than Ever for Vermonters to Stay Warm with Local, Renewable Heating
New Incentives for Advanced Wood Heat Help Vermonters Cut Costs & Climate Pollution, Bolster Local Economy Montpelier, VT – Renewable Energy Vermont applauds U.S. Senators Patrick...
“Onward, and for all!” REV2020 Recap: Equity & Recovery
In December 2019, REV was delighted to co-host with VECAN (the Vermont Energy & Climate Action Network) the fourth and final session of our fall conference series. The day’s events...
REV Members Team with State of VT to Install Battery Backup System at the Statehouse
MONTPELIER, Vt. – Vermont’s statehouse is first in the nation to have clean backup power stored in batteries. Vermont State officials, and leaders from REV members Northern Reliability,...
REV joins over 100 Vermont businesses and community organizations urging Governor Scott the Transportation & Climate Initiative
REV joined a diverse group of more than 100 businesses and community organizations across Vermont calling on Vermont’s Governor to support the Transportation & Climate Initiative...
Local Solar Saved New Englanders $1.1 billion+
New Report Quantifies Energy, Public Health, & Climate Cost Savings of Local Solar Montpelier, VT— Newly available data demonstrates the enormous benefit of local solar power to...
Hundreds Call on VT Public Utility Commission to Maintain Local Renewable Choices & Energy Cost Savings Via Net Metering
Thousands of Vermont Jobs Threatened by Upcoming PUC Decision Montpelier, VT – While Governor Phil Scott’s administration tries to put the brakes on renewable energy in Vermont, 791...
Renewables Increase Resilience
In the wake of this summer’s rolling blackouts in California and now devastating wildfires, the commentary by Mr. McClaughry of the Ethan Allen Institute not only denied the existence of...
Vermont Solar Expands State’s Pollinator Habitat
Montpelier, VT – This summer marked a major milestone for Vermont solar’s collaborative efforts to restore pollinator habitat in our state. In July, Middlebury-based REV Member, Bee the...
How Vermont Can Fuel Our Economic Recovery with Local Renewable Energy
The holiday festivities of 2019 seem like a lifetime ago. As the decade came to a close, we at Encore Renewable Energy discussed the past ten years in the solar industry and what the next...
Vermont Renewables Set Records in New England and US, Helping Economy and Climate
New data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration shows renewable energy use exceeded coal for the first time since 1885. Vermont and New England mirror the national trend...
Renewable Energy Vermont & Green Mountain Power Partner to Expand Local Energy Storage and Grow Climate Resilience for Vermonters
Green Mountain Power (GMP) and Renewable Energy Vermont (REV) teamed up again to offer more innovative home battery options to GMP customers. Beginning June 5, customers can enroll in an...
REV Members Expand Incentives for Electric Lawn Equipment
It’s that time of year again! The grass is growing and the lawn needs to be mowed. The great news is that this gas-guzzling, climate-polluting chore can now be completed with much lower...
E-Bike Lending Library Launches in the Upper-Valley
*As of May 1, the e-bike library launch has been postponed due to the coronavirus. Be sure to check for updated information. Seven Upper Valley towns will host an "e-bike lending library"...
REV Members Respond to Coronavirus Needs
REV members are committed to building strong, resilient communities across our state. In typical times, we do this by educating people about renewable energy, building resilient energy...
Vermont Businesses Call For More Local Renewable Electricity To Increase Climate Resiliency, Create Local Jobs And Reduce Climate Pollution
MONTPELIER, VT – Businesses from all corners of the state voiced their support for increasing local renewable electricity in Vermont. Businesses from all sectors of the economy wrote to...
REV Webinar: 2020 Legislative Climate Action Updates
This was a webinar to orient people ahead of town meeting so they would be prepared to meet with legislators and generally learn how they can take climate action now. Download a copy of...
Vermont Solar Employment Declines 3rd Year in a Row While Solar Jobs Up Nationwide & In 31 States; Vermont Only New England State Losing Solar Jobs
The U.S. solar trades employed nearly 250,000 workers in 2019, an increase of more than 5,600 jobs (or 2.3%) since 2018, according to the 10th annual National Solar Jobs Census released...
Leigh Seddon Honored By Peers With Distinguished Jim Grundy Award
Montpelier, VT – At a reception in the over-flowing Cedar Creek Room of the Vermont State House, Renewable Energy Vermont presented Leigh Seddon with the 2019 Jim Grundy Award for...
Representative Sarah Copeland-Hanzas named Legislator of the Year
Montpelier, VT - Renewable Energy Vermont recognizes Representative Sarah Copeland-Hanzas with the 2019 Renewable Energy Legislative Champion award. This award recognizes a government...
Transforming Rural Transportation to Benefit All Vermonters
The status quo of transportation in Vermont isn’t serving the best interests of our communities. Instead, it’s hurting our environment, health, and wallets. With Vermont’s rural geography,...
New Analysis Shows Local Solar Benefits, But Vermont Off Track
An update of Vermont Solar Pathways Report shows that solar progress in Vermont has declined steadily over the last three years. The current annual installation rate would not be...
TCI Has Flexibility to Meet Vermonters’ Needs
I recently read former Commissioner Jeffrey Wennberg’s commentary “Transportation and Climate Initiative doomed to fail,” about the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and plans for the...
Green Mountain Transit & REV Members Collaborate, Bring First Two Electric Buses to Burlington
Vermont Business Magazine Green Mountain Transit (GMT) and Burlington Electric Department (BED), joined by Governor Phil Scott, Mayor Miro Weinberger, and other federal, state, and local...
TCI is Good for Equity
In December, a bipartisan group from 12 Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states that make up the Transportation & Climate Initiative (TCI) released a draft Memorandum of Understanding...
Governor Scott Proposes Grid Optimization & Clean Transportation Investments to Lower Energy Costs, Support Local Climate Economy
In his annual budget address, Governor Phil Scott today proposed an investment of $7 million to spur grid optimization and transportation electrification. The Governor’s proposals include...
REV Released a 2020 Transportation Policy Priorities Agenda
REV released a 2020 transportation policy priorities agenda with Transportation For Vermonters, a broad coalition including transit providers along with health, education and environmental...
Buildings as Batteries: Innovative Energy Storage for a Cleaner, Greener Electric Grid
Morgan Casella is finding innovative ways to store renewable energy in large commercial buildings, and decrease the load on the grid during peak times. Casella’s idea is to use the state’s...
The Renewable Energy Movement: A Home for Courageous Optimists
For young generations, clean energy is not an option, it’s an expectation. For seniors, health impaired neighbors, and businesses, reliable and affordable electricity is a lifeblood...
Wood Heat for the 21st Century
Automatic pellet system gives WEC members convenient, clean energy Just like local food helps the economy, when you use biomass, the money stays in the local economy because the resource...
REV joins Congressman Peter Welch in effort to extend ITC
Renewable Energy Vermont (REV) announced that it will join Representative Peter Welch and 165 other Members of Congress in calling for an extension of the investment tax credit (ITC) for...
Fact Sheet: Solar Investment Tax Credit Ramp Down
The federal Investment Tax Credit (ITC) for residential solar systems will be ramping down. Effective January 1, 2020, the tax credit for qualifying residential solar systems will drop...
Renewable Energy Leaders Recognized at REV2019 Conference
October 10th and 11th, Renewable Energy Vermont’s 19th annual Conference and Exposition, REV2019, convened hundreds of business, political and non-profit leaders for two days of collective...
REV2019 Conference Announces Keynote Speaker, Special Guests
500+ Renewable Energy Innovators, Climate Leaders, & Government Officials to Convene So. Burlington, VT - The 19th annual Renewable Energy Vermont Conference and Expo welcomes an...
Ready for Sustainable Transportation, REV Applauds Governor’s Transportation Bill, Calls on Vermont to REV it up
Bethel, VT — Renewable Energy Vermont (REV) joined Governor Phil Scott and members of the Vermont House and Senate Transportation Committees at today’s signing of H.529, the annual...
SEIA and Renewable Energy Vermont (REV) Formalize Affiliate Partnership
WASHINGTON, D.C. and MONTPELIER, VT – The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), the national trade association for the U.S. solar industry, announced today that Renewable Energy...
Ready for 100% Renewable Energy, REV Applauds GMP Vision, Calls for State to Remove Barriers
Montpelier, VT – In advance of Earth Day, Vermont’s largest electric utility, Green Mountain Power announced its commitment to achieve 100% renewable electricity within the next 11 years. ...
Renewable Energy Vermont & Green Mountain Power Partner on Groundbreaking Opportunity to Accelerate Carbon Reduction & Energy Innovation
Green Mountain Power (GMP) and Renewable Energy Vermont (REV) teamed up on a first of its kind opportunity in the country to deliver innovation and carbon reductions to customers through...
REV Recognizes Energy Champions at REV2018
525+ Convene to Accelerate Renewable Energy & Climate Solutions at REV Conference Recognized as New England’s premier event exploring clean energy innovation and climate solutions,...
The Opportunity in Modern Wood Heat
Installations alone aren’t enough to catalyze modern wood heat market growth. To really scale up and achieve significant, lasting benefits for rural communities, we need to make far more...
SEIA Releases Updated ‘SEIA Residential Consumer Guide to Solar Power’
Available online, the free guide offers those interested in going solar a one-stop-shop to better understand the basics of solar energy and ownership options. It includes key questions to...
New Incentives & Sales Tax Exemption Help Local Wood Do Local Good
Winter cold might be the furthest thing from Vermonter’s minds right now, however, now is the time to start thinking about how to heat next winter. “Reliable and renewable heating...
Advanced Wood Heating Incentives Available in VT
Homeowners can now save on average $7,000 on an advanced wood heat boiler or furnace! Now is a great time to change the way you heat your home or business by switching to local wood! As...
CEDF Pellet Boiler Custom Incentive Ending on June 1, 2018
At the Clean Energy Development April 18th Meeting, the Board approved a substantial change to its Advanced Wood Heating Incentive as part of the Small Scale Renewable Energy Incentive...
Defending Customer Access to Renewable Energy
The Public Utility Commission will issue an order on its first biennial review of net metering on May 1st. Over the last 5 months, Renewable Energy Vermont worked tirelessly to advocate...
Solar Program Changes Shrink Economic Opportunity in Vermont, Losses Jobs
Residents of the Green Mountain State are committed to self-reliance and clean energy, however, a keystone program enabling Vermonters to generate their own renewable energy and keep their...
REV Holds Pollinator-Friendly Solar Webinar
REV, Green Lantern Group, Bee the Change, VHB, and others came together January 29th at 2:00 for a webinar to discuss the challenges and opportunities associated with implementing...
Coalition Releases 5-Year Plan to Bolster Local, Renewable Wood Heating
Waterbury Center, VT - On Thursday, November 2nd, a coalition of nonprofits, local businesses, and state agencies facilitated by Renewable Energy Vermont unveiled a plan of policy,...
Solar Leaders, Wildlife Advocates & Scientists Partner to Protect Pollinators
Montpelier, VT - Today, Renewable Energy Vermont (REV) members pledged to help pollinators through bee and bird-friendly plantings at solar projects across the state. In partnership with...
REV Press Releases
Union of Concerned Scientists Ranks Vermont Second in Nation for Clean Energy Momentum A new report entitled “Clean Energy Momentum: Ranking State Progress” and published by the Union of...
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