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Just one day after our Mack Point event last week, we celebrated a milestone at our Rensselaer/Albany terminal with a ribbon-cutting event to mark the expansion of renewable diesel supply to our Upstate New York market. This event was not only a wonderful opportunity to showcase our newly branded RD transport at the terminal, but it allowed us to work closely with some wonderful coalitions: League of Conservation Voters, Trucking Association of New York, Empire State Energy Association, and Teamsters Local 294. We'd also like to extend our gratitude to the following groups for their partnership and support in the expansion of this renewable fuel: Main-Care Energy, Terpening Trucking Co Inc., Long Energy, and Guy E. Nido Inc. Your collaboration is crucial in encouraging businesses to adopt lower carbon fuels and achieve their sustainability goals. Click here to read our blog on Sprague's collaboration with the New York League of Conservation Voters, and what it means to expand the supply of this sustainable fuel option for businesses: https://lnkd.in/ev5gYZ66 #RD #RenewableDiesel #SustainableEnergy #RenewableEnergy #Albany #Rensselaer #NY #EnergySolutions #DropInFue #FuelingPossibilities #SpragueEnergy #OurEnergyMakestheDifference

Renewable diesel availability is growing rapidly

Everyone deserves access to clean, affordable energy, no matter their background financial situation. Let’s make this a reality: join 350Vermont at the Energy for Everyone Teach-In, this Thursday at 7pm, to join the campaign! #vtpoli #vermont #vermonters #justtransition #ActOnClimate #ActOnClimateVT #climatechange #climatejustice #climatejusticenow #localclimateaction #actonclimate #environmentaljustice #socialjustice #renewableenergy #cleanenergy #350 #350Vermont #utilities #energyjustice #utilitycorruption #privateutilities

Does this look environmentally friendly to you??? Would you want to live next to this development? What about the wildlife? How do you reclaim the land after 15 years when the panels no longer work? 700,000 acres (over 1000 SQUARE MILES!!) of these useless toxic panels that you cannot recycle.....how much steel, cement and copper wires required? BTW - YOUR tax $$$ are funding this boondongle and the Chinese are more than happy to build and ship these panels to us..... We need to protect our public lands.....this is NOT what they were intended for. #solar #publicland #intermittent #environmentaldestruction #wildlife #wasteofresources

An investment in energy efficiency measures, or renewable energy systems puts money back in your business, making you leaner and more competitive for the long haul. The USDAs Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) has been helping agricultural producers and rural small businesses do just that. #energyefficiency #sustainableenergy #smallbusiness #agriculture

🚨 Maryland's Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS) regulations update Definitions for agricultural and manufacturing buildings have been refined for clarity. Agricultural buildings now explicitly include structures used for livestock, while manufacturing buildings involve substantial transformation processes. 🔎The Maryland Department of the Environment is hosting public outreach sessions in August 2024 and a public hearing in October 2024 to gather feedback and discuss the implications of these regulations. Let us help you – the MD Energy Advisors team supports benchmarking and BEPS initiatives…we have Advisors in our company name for a reason and we take it to heart. 📌Click here to see how we can help: https://bit.ly/46IGY6t. 🌍 Stay informed and engaged as we work towards a more sustainable future for Maryland! ✨ #EnergyEfficiency #Sustainability #MarylandBEPS #CleanEnergy #MDEnergyAdvisors #MDEA #Maryland 

We see a lot of publicity about renewable energy's negative impacts upon farmers in the media. But we firmly believe that with respectful and fair engagement the reverse can be true, with significant opportunities for farming landowners in renewable energy. We welcome groups such as the Climate Council and Farmers for Climate Action highlighting the stories and experiences of farmers who are benefiting from hosting renewable energy projects. This can include income resilience, agrivoltaics (often seeing improved sheep grazing under solar farms) and the certainty of a passive income. But farmers don't just have to host projects, they can lead them. At Cogency, we are currently working on six landowner-led projects across Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania, led by farmers who have decided to develop their own renewable energy projects on their land. We love supporting these projects, with farmers having a central role in delivering renewable energy generation that benefits the farm, the local community and the planet. Through their actions, our clients are dispelling the myth that farmers have much to lose from renewable energy. https://lnkd.in/g73jExdi Image credit: Adam Terrill's dog Sab enjoys regular visits to the family farm in northeast Victoria to leap through the canola fields. #cogency #sustainability #agtech #onfarmpower #farmersforclimateaction #energytransition #supportfarmers #renewableenergy #planning #communityengagement #victoriarenewableenergy #newsouthwalesrenewableenergy #tasmaniarenewableenergy

When the heatwaves arrive all of the water bowsers in the country are out on hire watering new planting so unless you're quick off the mark you usually can't get hold of one when you need it. That's why last year we invested in our own 2,000L bowser so that we can keep alive the new trees and hedges on our suite of renewable energy sites. Better still would be to design in mains water standpipes on the sites themselves so that you don't have to pull 3tonnes of trailer and water from site to site with the associated CO2 emissions. The sites are usually on farmland so the below ground water pipe infrastructure is already there. The cost of standpipe installation is a tiny fraction of a solar farm build cost but once the sites move into operational phase the cost of retrofitting is a relatively high proportion of the annual grounds maintenance budget - so it doesn't happen and contractors like us continue to pull trailers around. When we provide landscape designs and ecological management plans on renewable projects we always specify installation of infrastructure to keep the new planting watered.

Sheep are not only adorable but also powerful allies in the transition to renewable energy 🐑☀️ As more investors turn to green energy solutions, the practice of solar grazing – using sheep to maintain vegetation around solar panels – is rapidly gaining popularity. We are excited to see the positive impact of this innovative approach. By collaborating with local farmers and their flocks, solar companies can reduce their reliance on polluting lawnmowers, support rural communities, and generate clean energy more efficiently. Read more about how sheep are creating jobs and contributing to the growth of the solar industry in this article.👇 https://lnkd.in/ewQmd8ZJ #SolarGrazing #RenewableEnergy #SustainableFuture #SheepPower #InfinigenRenewables

📽️ WHO ARE WE ? – Extract 8 : Legacy “From my experience, working with many lake owners, they definitely go for floating solar because it's simple. You have a standard 30 years lease that you don't need to renew every year compared to other agricultural or private activities. It creates positive legacy for future generations and directly contributes to producing clean green energy for the community.” ✅ In this final extract of our corporate video, Nathalie BIRAC, US General Counsel at Laketricity, talks about her experience with lake owners and the clear benefits of #FloatingSolar power not only for them, but also more globally for the community as well as for future generations. 👉 Stay tuned to discover our future videos and more content on floating solar soon! #Legacy #ClimateChange #water #RenewableEnergy