Author Archives: ebaxstrom

Financing a Solar Project

Posted on by
3

Wayne National Forest Solar Panel Construction by Wayne National ForestThe Cambridge Energy Alliance recently organized an event at the Cambridge City Hall Annex on financing solar energy projects for your home and business.

The event featured some wonderful presentations by our panelists and we wanted to share them with you here.

Here is the presentation from the Mass Clean Energy Center giving an overview of the CommonWealth Solar rebate program, renewable energy certificates, tax incentives, and other financial options to help pay for a solar project.

Mass CEC Presentation

SunBug Solar gave a presentation about Solar Renewable Energy Credits (SRECs).

Here is the presentation from Mass Energy about regulations, “neighborhood” net metering, and ownership structures.

Nexamp presented about photovoltaic projects for businesses, institutions, and government facilities.

If you would like to find out more, check out our website about renewables for your home or for your business.

Numerous and Strong Hurricanes Expected in 2010

Posted on by
Reply

Hurricane Rita by alpoma High sea surface temperatures combined with weakening El Niño conditions are expected to cause a significant increase in the number of hurricanes as well as hurricane intensity in the 2010 season. According to analysis from the UK Hadley Center, sea surface temperatures in the Main Development Region (the area of the Atlantic where most hurricanes are formed) were 1.26°C above average last month, setting a new record for the month of March.

Last week, researchers at Colorado State’s Tropical Meteorology Project, one of the most respected groups in the field, released their predictions for the 2010 hurricane season. They predict fifteen named (or major) storms, eight of those becoming hurricanes, four of which will grow to category three or higher. The predictions are significantly higher than the averages for 1950 to 2000, of 9.6 named storms, 5.9 hurricanes, and 2.3 hurricanes greater than category three. They also project the Accumulated Cyclone Energy, a measure of named storms’ potential to cause damage, to be 56% higher than the 1950-2000 average.