{"id":12404,"date":"2024-03-21T18:44:17","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T18:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eanvt.org\/?p=12404"},"modified":"2024-03-21T18:44:24","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T18:44:24","slug":"total-energy-news-march-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eanvt.org\/featured-news\/total-energy-news-march-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Total Energy News – March 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

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including EAN speaker event and new VT thermal data<\/span><\/div>\n
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Total Energy News | March 2024<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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We hope you will join us this week for our next Leveraging Change Speaker Series event: <\/span><\/p>\n

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Grid Evolution as we <\/a><\/p>\n

“Electrify Everything”<\/a><\/p>\n

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This in-person event at Hugo’s Bar and Grill in Montpelier, tomorrow March 20th at 5 p.m. will offer a chance to meet with other Network members and public sector partners for informal conversation. We will also learn together and discuss how the grid will need to evolve as we \u2018electrify everything.\u2019 There will be light food available and plenty of time for networking. Please <\/span>register in advance<\/a> for this in-person event!<\/span><\/p>\n

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If you missed it, you can also see a recording of our recent webinar on tools for <\/span>Tracking Vermont’s energy transition at the local level<\/a>, and explore the Energy and GHG dashboards on the <\/span>EAN website<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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Cara, Jared, and Lena<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n

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Grid Evolution as we “Electrify Everything”<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hugo’s Bar and Grill<\/span><\/p>\n

Montpelier, VT<\/p>\n

March 20 | 5-7 p.m.<\/p>\n

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Speakers<\/span><\/p>\n

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Betsy Bloomer<\/p>\n

VELCO (Moderator)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Rebecca Towne<\/p>\n

Vermont Electric Co-op<\/span><\/p>\n

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Serge Abergel<\/p>\n

Hydro-Qu\u00e9bec<\/span><\/p>\n

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Sarah Adams<\/p>\n

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February marked 9th consecutive warmest month on record<\/span><\/p>\n

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Earth has broken warmest-month records for nine months in a row, according to a new report by Copernicus, Europe’s climate change service.\ufeff<\/span><\/p>\n

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Smart tech could help fix biggest barrier to building clean energy<\/span><\/p>\n

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A new report finds that \u200b\u201cgrid-enhancing technologies\u201d can help gigawatts of solar and wind leapfrog the clean energy logjam \u2014 and save a ton of money.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Major project to carry electricity through VT and NH scuttled<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Twin States Clean Energy Link, would have brought 1,200 MW of electricity from Quebec to New England through mostly buried transmission lines.<\/span><\/p>\n

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VT Digger<\/span><\/p>\n

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Network Action Team Profile<\/span><\/p>\n

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Since Autumn 2022 an EAN Network Action Team has been <\/span>building a coalition to accelerate the development of Thermal Energy Networks in Vermont. Working closely with the <\/span>Vermont Community Thermal Networks<\/a> (VCTN) and Vermonters with expertise in regional planning, town energy committees, engineering, and environmental law, the team has just unveiled a comprehensive toolkit to help communities learn about Thermal Energy Networks and then:<\/span><\/p>\n