| From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
| Date: | Fri, 14 Dec 2018 19:48:18 -0800 (PST) |
| Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
| Subject: | [CPEO-BIF] "Rhode Island looks to spare green space with brownfield solar projects" |
Rhode Island looks to spare green space with brownfield solar projects by Meg Dalton Energy News Network December 10, 2018 A new state incentive offers money to developers that build solar projects on polluted properties instead of forests or farmland. A Rhode Island program promoting solar development on polluted properties could help relieve tensions between the state’s fast-growing solar industry and conservationists concerned with preserving green space. Solar has surged in Rhode Island in recent years on the heels of ambitious new renewable energy goals and state incentives for developers. Gov. Gina Raimondo announced a goal last year to reach 1,000 MW of clean energy and 20,000 clean energy jobs by 2020. … For the entire article, see https://energynews.us/2018/12/10/northeast/rhode-island-looks-to-spare-green-space-with-brownfield-solar-projects/ -- Lenny Siegel Executive Director Center for Public Environmental Oversight a project of the Pacific Studies Center P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042 Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 <lsiegel@cpeo.org> http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Brownfields mailing list Brownfields@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/brownfields-cpeo.org | |
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