In Vermont, The Guard has been planning on going solar. And they have already eyed a place where they can build a solar farm. What is currently a field filled with snow would soon become a solar farm if they decide to push through with this solar project.
Col. Doug Fick is the Vermont Air National Guard’s commander. On this, he says, “Right here what we are looking at right now is one of our prime proposed sites if we go the photovoltaic route.”
They are actually looking at putting in 5000 units of solar panels on that available piece of …read more

If you’re in the northeast US and looking for something to do this weekend, you couldn’t do wrong by taking a jaunt up to the Forget-Me-Not Farm in Tinmouth, Vermont and indulging yourself in a couple of days of renewable energy workshops and awesome music from the solar-powered stage at SolarFest 2006. Set to happen on Saturday and Sunday (July 15 & 16), the entire weekend festival is run on renewable energy – primarily solar with a bit of wind and bio-diesel in the mix.
SolarFest has been going for a few years now and has established itself as ‘New …read more