Renewable, Storage Targets, Creating $2.4 Billion Bond For Climate Adaptation

Massachusetts Enacts Laws Expanding Renewable, Storage Targets, Creating $2.4 Billion Bond For Climate Adaptation

Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, a Republican, signed legislation on Aug. 9 that strengthens the state’s renewable portfolio standard by requiring a 2 percent boost in procurement of the supplies each year from 2020 to 2029, up from the current 1 percent annual increase. The current goal requires 15 percent by 2020, followed by a one…

Massachusetts Legislature Passes Bill to Expand Targets for Renewables, Energy Storage

Massachusetts Enacts Laws Expanding Renewable, Storage Targets, Creating $2.4 Billion Bond For Climate Adaptation

Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, a Republican, signed legislation on Aug. 9 that strengthens the state’s renewable portfolio standard by requiring a 2 percent boost in procurement of the supplies each year from 2020 to 2029, up from the current 1 percent annual increase. The current goal requires 15 percent by 2020, followed by a one…

U.S. Interior Department Finds First Solar’ $1-Billion California Solar Plant Will Cause Air Impacts

U.S. Interior Department Finds First Solar’ $1-Billion California Solar Plant Will Cause Air Impacts

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management found that First Solar Development LLC’s 450-megawatt Desert Quartzite Solar Project in eastern Riverside County, California, will result in temporary exceedances of air quality standards, temporary visual qualify impacts from dust, and potential groundwater contamination from releases of fuels and other materials, according to a draft environmental review from…