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Community Energy has been working with electric utilities for ten years (Happy Anniversary!).   I have had the privilege of working with our utility partners for four, and we are proud to be part of some very successful green power partnerships.  This has given me the opportunity to experience the internal cogs of some utilities.

One thing to be said for any big company is that change can be slow to happen, utility companies...

Renewable energy is an emerging industry and according to CleanTech a record $8.4 billion dollars was spent on clean technology venture capital investment in 2008.  Solar, wind, transportation and smart grid technologies (among others) will continue to experience exciting technological advancements in coming years.  This technological progress will increase efficiencies, reduce costs and incorporate new innovations into available...

Now that we’re more than a few days into 2009, I have been thinking more about what I can personally do to live a greener lifestyle, as well as what green trends are up and coming. Recent conversations with friends and neighbors who are not in the renewable energy or sustainability fields have given me a slightly different perspective on what the people see as a realistic green lifestyle and what role businesses can play.  As individuals,...

I wanted to thank Katie Fehrenbacher at Earth2Tech for cutting Dell a little slack in the face of recent criticism of their carbon neutral claims. She doesn’t give them a free ride, but at least she recognizes that their efforts have some real value whether they offset 100% or 5% of their emissions as claimed by the Wall Street Journal.

I don’t want to get into the debate about Dell’s footprint or the value of offsets. Working for an...

You may have heard the story about our very own Joe Green and his wife Angel. Without any project development experience, they invested their spare time and personal finances in the creation of a commercial-scale wind farm in Joe’s hometown in Pennsylvania. Their successful effort, the 13 turbine Locust Ridge project, now owned by Iberdrola Renewables in Schuylkill County, is currently growing by 51 turbines in a project expansion, Locust Ridge...