AUGUSTA, Maine — The Natural Resources Council of Maine is marking Earth Day with an event to show its newly installed solar energy system.
The environmental advocacy organization plans an event Friday at its headquarters near the Capitol in Augusta.
The council partnered with ReVision Energy to install solar panels. ReVision will explain the unique partnership, cost savings for nonprofits, the advantage of that type of a partnership, and environmental benefits of using solar energy.
The Natural Resources Council also says it’s on the steering committee for a new coalition, which includes more than 30 organizations from around the country that will push for strategies that lead to less waste.
Not the best timing as the solar industry just announced 3,000 layoffs and six companies have folded this year; even the Chinese solar PV market is in a deep slump….perhaps people have finally learned the truth about solar PV in northern latitudes?
Don’t worry.
Obama wants solar to work no matter what the cost to taxpayers.
GO NUCLEAR !
Ask the Japanese how that investment in nuclear energy is working out….
When there’s a huge oil spill it’s called an environmental catastrophe.
When there’s a huge solar energy spill it’s just called a nice day.
You can believe in global warming or not, but the fact is energy is getting expensive and the only way to make it affordable is to be more efficient. You can be a critic of hybrids and alternative energy all you want, but they will make their way into the market and eventually dominate. If the U.S. were smart, we’d be leading the way and rebuilding our economy with other forms of energy. and we’re not. Other nations are making it work as we sit back and watch. The only thing we are a leader in is starting wars in countries that produce oil.