December 11, 2018
The Solar MAssachusetts Renewable Target solar program (SMART solar program) is here! Massachusetts solar owners are eligible to be paid each month for every kilowatt of clean green electricity produced on your roof, or in your back yard. That is above and beyond the savings from NOT buying electricity from the utility. What is SMART all about? For years,… Read more
Bill Mook is one of the original Damariscotta River oyster farmers, leading in Maine’s revival of the American oyster (Crassostrea virginica) with scientific rigor and entrepreneurial tenacity since he launched Mook Sea Farm in 1985. In 2018, ReVision installed 282 solar panels atop Mook Sea Farm’s new production facility, helping to keep Bill’s business on… Read more
December 5, 2018
Don and Lucia Greenough’s home in Ipswich, Massachusetts was designed with passive solar principles in 1984. With an additional warmth from the rock-bed heat storage system underneath their home, they’ve been happy through many winters with a simple wood stove to provide extra comfort – occasionally using propane for supplemental heat on bitterly cold nights…. Read more
November 23, 2018
Eight years ago ReVision installed solar panels at Sally McIntyre’s home in Falmouth, Maine. Sally, a retired child advocate attorney, got interested in solar because of the climate change crisis. “I thought, ‘There’s something where I won’t be adding anything to my carbon footprint if my electricity is mostly from solar power, and I might… Read more
October 30, 2018
Via National Geographic, ReVision’s James Manzer weighed in on the emergence of affordable battery storage and the challenges of incorporating it with nautical travel in a recent feature about solar-powered boats: “Electric motors in boats are heavily dependent on storing enough energy to propel that craft where it needs to go for as long as… Read more
October 30, 2018
Via Portland Press Herald, ReVision Energy received an award for our environmental leadership. The Lewis Family Foundation presented its inaugural Alnoba Leadership Awards at Alnoba, the first passive house of its kind in New England, in Kensington, New Hampshire. ReVision’s leadership team of Phil Coupe, Bill Behrens, Fortunat Mueller and Dan Clapp accepted the award,… Read more
October 29, 2018
The 2018 Mid-Term elections have huge implications for a range of issues, Solar Energy among them. In Maine, the stakes are high because solar policy has failed to advance in the state-house for 3 sessions because of a specific dynamic: a veto by the Governor, and then landing 1-2 votes shy of a veto-proof majority… Read more
October 15, 2018