There is no doubt that the development of renewable energy has made great strides in recent years. But even with advances in the industry, the idea of a community being able to meet all of its energy needs through its own renewable generation can still seem like a dream of only the purist idealist. For one island community in Denmark, however, this dream has become a reality. The island of Samso is located off the Eastern coast of the...

This past Friday, June 19th at 11:00 a.m., over 500 folks gathered in the small town of Lempster, New Hampshire, to celebrate the completion of the first modern, utility-scale wind farm in the state!   Iberdrola Renewables, the developer and owner-operator of the 24 megawatt (12 turbine) project, celebrated this milestone by hosting a wind farm dedication onsite with members of the local community, political dignitaries, customers and...

There’s a revolution that’s happening here in the United States that no one can deny.  It can easily be seen – in images of wind turbines plastered on corporate advertisements on our city streets; and heard – discussions of the new administration’s dedication of significant funds to renewable energy development.  But there has been a great contribution to this effort that hasn’t been quite so public.  For ten years, Community...

As a customer service and marketing manager for our commercial and institutional accounts I have the pleasure of working with other marketing managers, public relations contacts and decision makers on the customer’s side to help them promote and communicate their clean energy commitments.  Often times, the most important stakeholders that our customers are interested in communicating to are their employees and customers. 

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Normally, we are never happy to lose a member of our renewable energy customer community.  This week, a long time customer in Virginia contacted me to cancel his service.  When I found out why, I was happy about it.  He was cancelling because he is now producing all of his own electricity at home using solar panels and a small wind turbine.

While the core of our service is to provide wind energy from large utility scale wind...