WRISE has selected six 2020 Rudd Mayer Memorial Fellows and two 2020 Wind at Our Backs Scholars. Each year, WRISE awards fellowships on a competitive basis to women college students or recent graduates. The fellowship honors wind industry pioneer Rudd Mayer of Boulder, Colorado, who passed away in 2002.

WRISE has selected six 2020 Rudd Mayer Memorial Fellows and two 2020 Wind at Our Backs Scholars. Each year, WRISE awards fellowships on a competitive basis to women college students or recent graduates. The fellowship honors wind industry pioneer Rudd Mayer of Boulder, Colorado, who passed away in 2002.

Due to the COVID-19 global supply chain disruption, solar developers may experience unforeseen delays in module deliveries for their solar projects. We’ve heard of some module suppliers communicating potential force majeure actions, and fewer sending actual FM notices to individual buyers. We have confirmed that some suppliers had to temporarily shut down manufacturing (notably in Malaysia) due to restrictions on travel and assembly.

Just as the coronavirus pandemic has contributed to a plunge in oil prices, it has also cratered the value of wind and solar energy in many parts of the country.

According to new data from REsurety Inc. — a clean energy valuation and risk analytics firm — a perfect storm of increased supply and low demand has led to the lowest average monthly value for wind power in any modern market: under $2 per megawatt/hour, recorded in Oklahoma using the regional price. And solar values have barely fared better.

Vermont Public Power Supply Authority (VPPSA) and Encore Renewable Energy have announced that construction has begun on a new solar array along Route 100 in Morrisville, on land currently utilised for corn silage.

Vermont Public Power Supply Authority (VPPSA) and Encore Renewable Energy announced Wednesday that construction has begun on a new solar array along Route 100 in Morrisville, on land currently utilized for corn silage. Encore is evaluating the potential for establishing pollinator-friendly wildflower groundcover to provide support for the bees, butterflies and other creatures that are critical to the overall health of our ecosystem.

The project is the result of a partnership between Vermont Public Supply Authority and Encore Renewable Energy formed in 2018. This is the second project developed as a result of that partnership, which now manages a portfolio of 10 MW of clean energy generation.

Vermont Public Power Supply Authority (VPPSA) and Encore Renewable Energy announced that construction has begun on a new solar array along Route 100 in Morrisville, on land currently utilized for corn silage. Encore is evaluating the potential for establishing pollinator-friendly wildflower groundcover to provide support for the bees, butterflies and other creatures that are critical to the overall health of our ecosystem.

REsurety is a provider of clean energy valuation and risk analytics. The company’s REmap tool integrates weather and power market data — and shows how the Covid-19 shutdown, low natural gas prices, and high winds drove the wholesale value of electricity (weighted for time of production) to all-time lows in parts of the Lower Midwest – even dropping below $2 per MWh in some locations in April.

A clean energy valuation and risk analytics company said that low demand for energy during the COVID-19 pandemic, along with low prices for natural gas and strong power generation from renewable energy resources, has brought unprecedented low prices for electricity in multiple U.S. markets.

REsurety said its Renewable Energy Market Analytics Platform (REmap) shows that the production-weighted wholesale price of electricity for wind projects fell to all-time lows in recent weeks and months across markets including the Southwest Power Pool (SPP), PJM Interconnection, and the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO). The company said production-weighted prices dropped below $2 per MWh in areas with a high penetration of wind power, such as Oklahoma.

REsurety, provider of clean energy valuation and risk analytics, said the insights available from its Renewable Energy Market Analytics Platform (REmap) include that the production-weighted wholesale price of electricity for wind projects fell to all-time lows during the COVID-19 pandemic across markets including SPP, PJM and MISO — with extreme lows reaching below $2 per MWh for the entire month of April in high wind penetration regions such as Oklahoma.

A new information services product that harnesses a massive project performance dataset and suite of financial analytics which industry leaders use to make long-term asset and contract decisions for wind and solar energy has revealed that the low energy demand during the coronavirus shutdown, combined with low natural gas prices and high renewable generation, has resulted in unprecedented low power prices in multiple U.S. markets.

The Stockton Unified School District, which serves 40,000 students, has selected Sage Energy Consulting to help make it the state's first "Zero-Emission School District." The district will take a significant step towards reducing pollution and improving air quality while saving money on energy, with a $4.8 million grant from the California Air Resources Board (CARB).

Encore Renewable Energy secures approval for 5 MW solar project in Maine: Encore Renewable Energy announced the approval of all permits required to construct a 5 MW solar array in Oakland, Maine on underutilized land near the center of the town. Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the company continues to work remotely.

Encore Renewable Energy received permitting approvals to begin construction on a 5-MW array on underutilized land in Oakland, Maine.