A commuter boards the 116 Commuter bus in Hinesburg, Vermont.
Viewing Posts from 2012
When the lawyers and bankers get involved, you know you’re playing in a whole new ballgame. John Goglia is the technical lead on solar resource assessment for NRG SystemsAs Dave Simkins pointed out in a recent post, utility-scale solar is following a similar path as utility-scale wind.
It has become a sign of spring for me to travel to Europe for the Annual EWEA conference and GWEC board meeting. This year we met in Copenhagen, Denmark. Each year these European events are scheduled two to three months before North America’s largest industry gathering, AWEA’s WINDPOWER 2012.
An example of an ambitious home DIY project—Marc Chagall painting not for sale. When I do home projects, I sometimes make a plan. Other times (that would be most of the time), I just get into the project and figure it out as I go along.
Editor's note: Last week, Jan Blittersdorf was recognized by the White House as a Champion of Change for her work advancing new ideas that are leading the way to a clean energy future and an economy that’s built to last.
Every April as the ground thaws, the buds crack open, and the days grow longer, Earth Day arrives with its gentle reminder: “It’s the Planet, Stupid.
At NRG Systems, we care passionately about two things: getting more wind turbines on the ground to generate clean, renewable energy, and putting them in environmentally responsible places.
Those of you who follow me know that a great deal of what I (as well as other NRG Systems team members) share here on this blog is about global economics rather than our business or the renewable energy industry.
How do companies continue to thrive when the current reality is shaky? By focusing on your employee base. Last month I wrote about supporting employees in times of uncertainty through high-quality communication strategies.
When I started at NRG Systems in 1999, I was immediately struck by the global destinations for our orders. A company of 20 people in Hinesburg, Vermont was shipping products to nearly every continent and multiple countries. I started keeping a list of where we were shipping.