By kimquirk, on February 15th, 2010
“Your Voice” is a relatively new publication that has been delivered to mailboxes in many towns in and around the Upper Valley (NH and VT). I was excited to hear that they were publishing an “Off the Grid” section every other week starting in January (for 6 weeks to start). I asked if I could [...]
By kimquirk, on July 15th, 2009
Stimulate me!
This blog entry is a reminder of the incentives and rebates brought to us by our federal, state, and local stimulus package – our tax dollars hard at work. Click on the links for details and fine print.
Federal, residential: All solar hot water, solar electric, wind turbines, and geo-thermal systems qualify for the [...]
By kimquirk, on June 24th, 2009
Wind Turbine
Today, I was in Portland, Maine in a training class for Southwest wind turbines – installation and sales. It was fun and interesting and gave me some good resources and information to help people who have enough wind to generate electricity.
We completed the construction of a 45′ tower, wired and attached [...]
By kimquirk, on May 14th, 2009
Some Upper Valley Towns (VT/NH)
I officially became a member of our town’s energy committee this week! Well… an alternate member, but that’s a good start.
This was the same week as the yearly meeting for the region’s energy committees to get together and share ideas on how to help our towns set goals and raise [...]
By kimquirk, on January 22nd, 2009
I’ve just started a study of the numerous incentives, grants, tax credits, and rebates that are available at the federal, state, and local level for alternative and energy efficient products. I expect with the new administration in Washington this should get even more exciting over the next few years.
To get started, you might try this [...]