Three Cuyahoga County school districts are set to split more than $1.3 million in federal funding to install rooftop solar arrays, a move officials say will cut energy costs, allow students hands-on learning opportunities and position the districts as leaders in renewable energy adoption.
Three Cuyahoga County school districts are set to split more than $1.3 million in federal funding to install rooftop solar arrays, a move officials say will cut energy costs, allow students hands-on learning opportunities and position the districts as leaders in renewable energy adoption.
For as long as 55-year-old Hopi Chairman Tim Nuvangyaoma has been alive, high-voltage power lines have cut across Hopi lands in northeast Arizona, carrying vast amounts of power long distances throughout the Southwest. But residents of the Hopi Reservation have never been connected to that grid. Instead, tribal members have relied on a single power line that runs roughly 30 miles east and west across high desert punctuated by three distinctive mesas, home to 12 distinct villages, including some of the oldest inhabited communities in the United States. Those who live more than a mile away from that line — nearly 3,000 people — have no access to electricity. Families need to rely on generators to power everything from refrigerators to medical devices.
An Upstate New York school district received funding for an energy manager with a “whole-school approach.” Working as a team, the district increased efficiency and awareness, created a pathway to net-zero heating and cooling, and received federal accolades in the process. In 2022, the Canajoharie Central School District (CCSD) superintendent applied for funding to hire an on-site energy manager (OsEM) through NYSERDA’s Clean Green Schools Initiative. In early 2023, CCSD’s application was approved and they brought on Francis D’Ambrosio. Fran worked with district administration to create an energy team, an energy management plan, and to help make the necessary changes and upgrades.
"A Future Forged of Steel" takes us to Cleveland-Cliffs Butler Works, where a historic Pennsylvania steel mill is manufacturing key components of our electrical grid while actively reducing its emissions.
Nearly every night for the past two weeks, Puerto Rico’s grid operator has called on tens of thousands of batteries scattered across the island to overcome energy shortfalls and help deliver power to approximately three million residents — and it’s working. What started as a modest pilot program in 2023 has grown into the first operational behind-the-meter virtual power plant in Latin America and the Caribbean, and a crucial support for the territory’s dilapidated energy infrastructure, said Javier Rúa-Jovet, chief policy officer of the Solar and Energy Storage Association of Puerto Rico.
Westwin Elements (Westwin), a trailblazer in the critical minerals industry, broke ground on a state-of-the-art nickel/cobalt refinery in Lawton, Oklahoma. This landmark facility marks a significant step towards reducing America’s reliance on foreign countries for its raw material supply chain while fostering economic growth and job opportunities in the region.
West Union is a remarkable place. You have taken advantage of one need (to control stormwater) and built on it, adding new ideas to create a more walkable, welcoming downtown. That the project also included the initiative to connect multiple buildings to the Courthouse geothermal system is an inspiration to many municipalities.
Hula is a co-working and innovation campus of reimagined industrial buildings (a former pizza oven factory) on the shore of Lake Champlain. Since 2021, Hula has been heating and cooling year-round with a geothermal loop system.
Three Cuyahoga County school districts are set to split more than $1.3 million in federal funding to install rooftop solar arrays, a move officials say will cut energy costs, allow students hands-on learning opportunities and position the districts as leaders in renewable energy adoption.