EarlyBird News

On December 5, 2019 Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection picked Vineyard Wind to develop an 804MW offshore wind energy project called “Park City.” This is a follow to new state legislation calling for 2,000MW of this type of generation available. Connecticut legislators and citizens are strongly pushing for the state to adopt more […]

Last week, the Baker administration and three utilities unanimously selected Mayflower Wind to provide 804 MW of clean offshore wind capacity to Massachusetts, which is enough capacity to power approximately half a million homes. With this selection, the state is poised to reach the 1.6 GW of offshore wind capacity required by a 2016 state […]

Teton Gravity Research (TGR) is celebrating its 10 year of carbon neutrality through EarlyBird Power. This years carbon offsets account for the entire carbon output emitted during the film production process, which includes global commercial travel, helicopter and snow machine use. Earlybird Power and TGR are members of the Plastic Impact Alliance and Protect Our […]

PG&E has become infamous for causing wildfires of large proportions because of faulty equipment, to the extent of having filed for bankruptcy this past January. This past Wednesday a broken PG&E transmission tower started another fire in the Sonoma County, known as the Kincade Fire. This happened as PG&E began to cut power in the […]

The federal solar tax credit, formally known as the solar Investment Tax Credit (ITC), is set to reduce in 2020. Given that it is mid-to-late October, this means you only have two months or so to take advantage of the credit before it reduces. Until 2020, the credit is equal to 30% of the qualified […]

Even though California and New England are two parts of the United States most committed to reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, they are behind on their 2050 goals, according to several recent reports. For example, California aims to reduce emissions by 80% below 1990 levels by 2050. A report from Next 10 released on October […]

In the past year there have been monumental advances towards building a renewable energy portfolio in the U.S. The reputation of renewables has been at stake given the lack of proper storage means, and premature technology, however recent developments in battery, and panel efficiency have allowed for California East Bay Community Energy to sign Power […]

According to ISO-New England’s 10-year assessment of the region, New England’s electric grid is energy constrained. In its draft 2019 Regional Assessment Plan, ISO, which operates New England’s power grid, detailed the constraints facing the region: while the region is becoming cleaner and more efficient—and it has seen coal, nuclear, and oil generation retire—it still […]

The period of El Niño for this year is officially over as measurements confirm we are in El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) neutral status. Studies indicate that this condition will remain throughout the Northern Hemisphere winter as well. However, this period of El Niño ending for the season and the phenomenon becoming neutral does not […]

Around 7:00 PM Saturday evening New Yorkers in subways, homes, and elevators found themselves in total darkness as the power went out due to a Con Edison equipment failure. The blackout occurred exactly the same day as the 1977 blackout which wiped electricity off the whole city.  More than 73,000 Con Edison customers were affected […]