Feb
26
2015
Solar Rollers
by Bryanna Allen | February 20,2015
The little cars zipped around the floor, their drivers clearly in a race to the finish line.
They are powered not by the latest and greatest engines, but by a combination of small hands and...
Feb
09
2015
Solar sector offers jobs for state
by Rick Shappy
It seems a week doesn’t goes by without someone in the media bemoaning the lack of job opportunities for young people in Vermont. While Vermont is an attractive place to live, we...
Feb
02
2015
Solar helps keep young people in Vermont
by R.J. Adler
On Aug. 16, 2013, at 6:30 p.m. I was in Jackson, Wyo., nervously awaiting a call from a potential employer, a solar energy company back in Vermont. After leaving Vermont for...
Feb
01
2015
by Dan D'Ambrosio, Free Press Staff Writer
WATERBURY –Every Monday morning, the employees of SunCommon cram into a meeting area in the open offices of the solar company's headquarters here and get fired up for the week.
The meeting begins with...
Jan
20
2015
by Caleb Elder | January 19, 2015
A recent study from the Solar Foundation found that Vermont had more solar jobs per capita in 2013 than any other state. This is particularly impressive when you consider how the solar industry...
Jan
12
2015
We made the list! We've grown considerably in the past year - doubled our workforce - and we continue to build our new Community Solar Array program to fulfill Vermonter's desire to access clean, green solar energy. Vermont Business Magazine notes...
Jan
07
2015
Letter to the Editor: A new working landscape in Vermont
When I moved to Vermont years ago I knew I needed to find a way to affordably heat my Leicester home. At the time fuel oil was my only option but...
Jan
02
2015
Vermonters soak up solar energy
I was excited to read "Smaller renewable power projects up 58 percent in VT" (Nov. 17). The cost of solar has come down so far, and Vermont's thriving solar industry has gotten so efficient, that...
Jan
02
2015
Letter to the Editor: Sitting pretty in sun at age 95
"How do Vermonters heat their homes?" (Dec. 18) gave short shrift to the 186 percent increase in the use of solar energy to keep our homes warm and comfy....
Dec
12
2014
Pop-up gallery, 12 Days livens up downtown late
By Patricia Minichiello | Staff Writer
December 12,2014
Tonight, 20 stores in downtown Rutland will participate in Downtown Rutland Partnership’s 12 Days Before Christmas shopping event with extended hours until 9 p.m.
SunCommon’s new offices in...