THE STATE’S TWO leading offshore wind developers appear to be stalling for time as they explore whether the cast of new players on Beacon Hill may be more receptive to letting them back out of or tweak their existing power purchase agreements. Avangrid, the company behind Commonwealth Wind, filed a lawsuit on Thursday challenging a […]
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Parity for renewables is key to energy tax policy
THE CLIMATE CRISIS is the most pressing issue of our time — and increasingly it’s an intractable one. Nowhere is this borne out more in Massachusetts than on Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard, and Nantucket. Ever worsening storms have led to rising sea levels and eroding shores, and temperature changes are affecting marine and terrestrial ecosystems […]
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Getting wind power to hold a charge
By Michael Jonas An interesting read in today’s NY Times on the growth of power storage companies, which are a crucial component of the renewable energy effort, especially wind power, where electricity is generated intermittently – and not always at the time of greatest demand. CommonWealth magazine’s special issue on energy and the environment, released […]