Bike-Powered Food Scrap Collection

As part of ILSR’s collaboration with the Chesapeake Youth Development Center to launch a bike-powered food scrap collection service in Curtis Bay, a neighborhood of Baltimore, ILSR interviewed 17 owners and founders of bike-powered collection services in 11 states. Read our article, Bike Powered Food Scraps Collection in the January 2017 issue of BioCycle Magazine. … Read More

Sherco Power Plant: The Wrong Project, for the Wrong Reasons, At a Big Cost

Date: 22 Feb 2017 | posted in: Energy, Media Coverage | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Have you seen this advertisement from Xcel Energy? We’ve done a little bit of work to clarify their message for them. The proposed Sherco natural gas plant bill will soon be at Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton’s desk, after you watch our video, give him a call and tell him you oppose this billion-dollar boondoggle.… Read More

Citizens Take a Stand in Broadband Access Debate

Date: 21 Feb 2017 | posted in: Media Coverage, MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Christopher Mitchell, Community Broadband Networks initiative director, recently took some time to visit with John Hockenberry on The Takeaway from PRI and WNYC. The conversation covered municipal networks, big cable and telephone monopolies, and how local community initiatives for better connectivity are raising the bar in rural areas.… Read More

Value of Utility Scale vs. Rooftop Solar Debated Amid Price Decline

Date: 14 Feb 2017 | posted in: Energy, Media Coverage | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

“Over the last decade, the price of solar installations has declined significantly, but the electric utilities industry continues to debate the value and cost effectiveness of utility scale versus rooftop solar.” In this Daily Energy Insider article, ILSR’s John Farrell is quoted discussing the impact that distributed level solar energy is offering to the grid.… Read More

How Microgrids are Reducing Energy Costs and Increasing Reliability

Date: 10 Feb 2017 | posted in: Media Coverage | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

A reporter for Aquicore, Alex Richardson, was interested in a new and emerging renewable energy technology: microgrids. For perspective he reached out to the Institute for Local Self-Reliance to get a sense of how these innovative technologies are being deployed, ILSR policy researcher Karlee Weinmann answered Richardson’s questions as it related to the benefits of small-scale renewable systems. … Read More

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