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Grid-scale Battery: The Tesla System in Australia

June 18, 2019 By gmoke

Remember when Elon Musk offered to build a grid-scale battery for Southern Australia in "100 days or it’s free"? He made good on his bet, installing it on time for the cost of $66 million in December of 2017. According to a report on its … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: Australia, batteries, climate-change, ecology, electricity, energy, environment, solar-energy, sustainability, Tesla, wind-energy

Otis Voters Approve Windmill, Reject Scare Tactics

September 10, 2015 By thegreenmiles

Massachusetts voters delivered the latest in a long string of victories for local wind energy yesterday, this time in Otis, as Mary Serreze reports for the Springfield Republican: Voters in this Berkshire County town have approved … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: energy, environment, Otis, wind-energy, wind-farms

Fact-Checking Baker’s Inaugural on Energy Prices

January 8, 2015 By thegreenmiles

From Gov. Charlie Baker's inaugural address: There’s also a direct link between economic growth and a sustainable and affordable supply of energy. But as we begin the New Year, families and businesses across New England are being hit … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: charlie-baker, electricity, energy, natural-gas, solar, solar-energy, wind, wind-energy

Cape Wind Seals New Bedford Deal – Will Koch Finally Call Off Lawyers?

September 12, 2014 By thegreenmiles

Cape Wind has signed a lease agreement to stage its 130-turbine project in Nantucket Sound out of New Bedford's South Terminal, reports Ariel Wittenberg in the Standard-Times: Cape Wind will pay a total of $4.5 million in rent to the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: cape-wind, energy, environment, William-Koch, wind-energy

Falmouth “Victims” Rebuked as Wind’s Winning Streak Rolls On

May 7, 2014 By thegreenmiles

Wind's winning streak continued in Massachusetts this week with three big victories - including a particularly embarrassing loss for a self-proclaimed victim of "wind turbine syndrome" whose cause had been promoted by Fox and ABC. First, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: cape-wind, fairhaven, falmouth, media, wind-energy, Wind-Turbine-Syndrome, Windwise

New Bedford Wind Energy Plan Would Save Taxpayers $20 Million

April 23, 2014 By thegreenmiles

UPDATE 4/25: The New Bedford City Council briefly threatened to turn an easy touchdown into a fumble, but they managed to approve the contract. A proposed wind power contract for New Bedford isn't just feel-good - it's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: energy, environment, new-bedford, wind-energy

Pro-Wind Winning Streak Continues as Fairhaven Candidates Sweep

April 8, 2014 By thegreenmiles

Local wind energy is on a year-long winning streak at the ballot box in Massachusetts, extended on Monday by the re-elections of pro-wind Fairhaven Selectman Charlie Murphy and Board of Health Member Jeannine Lopes: With 19 percent voter … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: fairhaven, wind-energy, Windwise

Does TV Station Employee’s Anti-Wind Activism Cross the Line?

December 30, 2013 By thegreenmiles

Anti-wind energy activists like to complain that the liberal media is out to get them. But one Fairhaven anti-wind activist not only works for a TV station, his video footage has repeatedly been used on air, raising questions about whether … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: fairhaven, media, wind-energy

7 Things Louder Than Our Nearby Wind Turbines

December 16, 2013 By thegreenmiles

We recently bought a home in Fairhaven, MA about a half a mile away from the town's two wind turbines. There are homes that are closer to the Fairhaven turbines than ours and some of them have legitimate concerns. But "wind turbine … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: energy, environment, fairhaven, plymouth, wind-energy, Wind-Turbine-Syndrome

Judge: Falmouth Wind Turbines Cause “Dental Injuries”

November 25, 2013 By thegreenmiles

Barnstable County Superior Court Judge Christopher Muse, an actual, existing, sitting judge with real power over real people's lives, has declared wind turbines cause dental injuries: Neil and Elizabeth Andersen, who live about a quarter … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: energy, falmouth, wind-energy, Wind-Turbine-Syndrome

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