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
ReVision Energy was honored to win a competitive bidding process to become the preferred installer for Solarize Mass Plus Lowell, the latest Solarize program offered by the Mass CEC and Mass DOER. Solarize Lowell is our eighth Solarize program, and our first time executing on a group purchasing program in Massachusetts. Solarize programs nationwide are designed… Read more
October 11, 2018
Via Granite Geek, Thanks to a combination of a grant, donated land, and social impact investors, a resident-owned mobile home community will save money on electricity bills with solar power. “The model developed for Mascoma Meadows, leveraging the cooperative structure and tax incentives, helps break some of the barriers to lower-income residents owning solar,” said Christa… Read more
October 6, 2018
Paul Hertlein arrived in Maine in 1995 to join Shipyard Brewing Company’s microbrewery expansion. The job also took him around the country, as microbreweries were first catching on, but Maine became home. Paul works for an internet company today, and when asked if he moonlights as a homebrewer, he laughed and said, “I feel like it’s a lot… Read more
October 5, 2018