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SAFE Advocates for Priority Legislation
SAFE met with Senator Joan Lovely & Representative Manny Cruz to advocate for our priority bills whose fate will be decided this year.
Sustainable Career Pathways at Salem High
SAFE produced with League of Women Voters and Latino Leadership Coalition an English and Spanish program on Salem Access TV all about the Green Jobs Pathways though the Career and Technical Initiative program being run out of Salem High School.
SAFE Visits Wind Technology Testing Center
SAFE organized a group tour at the wind turbine blade testing facility operated by the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC).
Offshore Wind Coalition Building Momentum
Wind could meet much of Massachusetts and New England’s power needs in coming years by Bonnie Bain “Enough for us all.” These are the words on a delightful sunny poster in our baby’s room given to me by a Danish friend. Danes made the poster to educate and garner support for renewable energy. A pioneer … Continue reading Offshore Wind Coalition Building Momentum
One step closer: First American offshore wind turbines installed
Installation is now complete at the new Block Island wind power facility. On August 8, one member of the team tweeted, "I think it now qualifies as a 'farm' -2nd turbine completed last night #BlockIslandWindFarm@DeepwaterWind " From the blog of Greg Alvarez, on the American Wind Energy Association's website (awea.org) -- American offshore wind power … Continue reading One step closer: First American offshore wind turbines installed
From the Mass. Climate Action Network: the Energy Omnibus Bill is in the House TODAY
[Below are detailed ideas on what to ask for in the bill, and a link to find out who your Mass. elected officials are.] ------------------- Massachusetts has been a national leader on clean energy, but now are at a crossroads: we are poised to invest billions of dollars to replace retiring power plants and make … Continue reading From the Mass. Climate Action Network: the Energy Omnibus Bill is in the House TODAY
Moulton to host Q&A at ‘Merchants of Doubt’ film
Film focuses on efforts to discredit climate change, other issues Almost every seat was filled at the National Park Service Visitors Center last night, for a screening of the film, Merchants of Doubt (the story referred to above ran in the Salem News on May 5th). The film showed how the struggle to expose the tobacco industry's practice of … Continue reading Moulton to host Q&A at ‘Merchants of Doubt’ film
Enormous blades could lead to more offshore energy in U.S.
An interesting proposal for huge wind turbine blades…the length of which would be greater than two football fields…could mean 50-megawatt turbines for offshore use. Sandia National Laboratories is researching the extreme-scale blades for the Department of Energy. Most wind turbines presently yield between one and two megawatts, so this would be an enormous jump in … Continue reading Enormous blades could lead to more offshore energy in U.S.
Maine offshore wind project still faces money hurdles, despite federal grant
Maine recently received $3.7 million to develop a floating, deep-water wind farm, but needs much more than that to get the project going. Their goal is to win the full $47 million grant from the DOE, which would attract enough private investors to finance the $100 million project. [This article is from November, 2015; if anyone … Continue reading Maine offshore wind project still faces money hurdles, despite federal grant
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