"As reported in the Hartford Business Journal, the pilot program Solarize Connecticut has doubled the adoption of residential solar installations to 2.3 megawatts in its four participant communities in the first five months of the initiative.
The program aims to increase residential adoption of solar by having entire towns join together to install solar, thus lowering the installation cost. Residents in Durham, Fairfield, Portland, and Westport, the four pilot towns, have signed nearly 300 contracts totaling 2.3 megawatts.
Because of the high number of signups, Connecticut’s Clean Energy Finance & Investment Authority will start the second phase of the pilot program in March with Bridgeport, Canton, Coventry, Mansfield, and Windham."
New Report: Advanced Energy Represents $1.1 Trillion Global Market
Advanced Energy Economy (AEE), the national affiliate of the New England Clean Energy Council, has released a report showing that advanced energy was a $1.1 trillion global market in 2011. This first-ever analysis of the advanced energy sector also demonstrates that the sector represents an important part of the nation’s economy, with $132 billion in revenue in 2011 and nineteen percent growth estimated for 2012.
“This report shows what clean energy companies throughout New England have seen developing over recent years; the clean energy economy has experienced huge growth, creating jobs and contributing to economic development in the New England region and nationally,” said Peter Rothstein, NECEC President. “New England is a national leader in the advancement of clean energy technology and policy.”
New England’s strong leadership has played a very important role in strengthening and growing the national clean energy economy. Massachusetts’ clean energy economy grew by more than eleven percent in the last year, as indicated in a report released by the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center last summer. Additionally, Massachusetts, Vermont, Connecticut, and Rhode Island ranked among the top ten in the U.S. for energy efficiency, according to the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy.
Connecticut has begun first-in-the-nation programs in ‘green bank’ financing and microgrids, which are already being emulated across the country. A small town in Maine was recently the site of the nation’s first commercial tidal energy project, while New Hampshire has become the first state to fully incorporate renewable thermal energy into its renewable portfolio standard. Vermont, too, has made great strides in growing its clean energy economy, boasting the nation’s highest number of high tech green jobs per capita.
As the individual states and the region as a whole continue to lead on clean energy innovation and policy, the national clean energy sector will continue to grow, providing economic and environmental benefits to the region’s and nation’s industries, businesses, and citizens.
This report was commissioned by the Advanced Energy Economy Institute and produced by Pike Research. For a full copy of the report, please visit AdvancedEnergyNOW.net
"As reported in the Hartford Business Journal, the pilot program Solarize Connecticut has doubled the adoption of residential solar installations to 2.3 megawatts in its four participant communities in the first five months of the initiative.
The program aims to increase residential adoption of solar by having entire towns join together to install solar, thus lowering the installation cost. Residents in Durham, Fairfield, Portland, and Westport, the four pilot towns, have signed nearly 300 contracts totaling 2.3 megawatts.
Because of the high number of signups, Connecticut’s Clean Energy Finance & Investment Authority will start the second phase of the pilot program in March with Bridgeport, Canton, Coventry, Mansfield, and Windham."
New Report: Advanced Energy Represents $1.1 Trillion Global Market
Advanced Energy Economy (AEE), the national affiliate of the New England Clean Energy Council, has released a report showing that advanced energy was a $1.1 trillion global market in 2011. This first-ever analysis of the advanced energy sector also demonstrates that the sector represents an important part of the nation’s economy, with $132 billion in revenue in 2011 and nineteen percent growth estimated for 2012.
“This report shows what clean energy companies throughout New England have seen developing over recent years; the clean energy economy has experienced huge growth, creating jobs and contributing to economic development in the New England region and nationally,” said Peter Rothstein, NECEC President. “New England is a national leader in the advancement of clean energy technology and policy.”
New England’s strong leadership has played a very important role in strengthening and growing the national clean energy economy. Massachusetts’ clean energy economy grew by more than eleven percent in the last year, as indicated in a report released by the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center last summer. Additionally, Massachusetts, Vermont, Connecticut, and Rhode Island ranked among the top ten in the U.S. for energy efficiency, according to the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy.
Connecticut has begun first-in-the-nation programs in ‘green bank’ financing and microgrids, which are already being emulated across the country. A small town in Maine was recently the site of the nation’s first commercial tidal energy project, while New Hampshire has become the first state to fully incorporate renewable thermal energy into its renewable portfolio standard. Vermont, too, has made great strides in growing its clean energy economy, boasting the nation’s highest number of high tech green jobs per capita.
As the individual states and the region as a whole continue to lead on clean energy innovation and policy, the national clean energy sector will continue to grow, providing economic and environmental benefits to the region’s and nation’s industries, businesses, and citizens.
This report was commissioned by the Advanced Energy Economy Institute and produced by Pike Research. For a full copy of the report, please visit AdvancedEnergyNOW.net
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