Ycore (York County Organization for Renewable Energy)

12/30/2016

As I consider replacing my old oil boiler, I would like to know if I could use a heat pump with my current radiators. Most of what I have read says no, but this article gives me some hope. P.S. - I'm a homeowner, not a heating expert, so tinker at your own risk. http://www.nordicghp.com/2016/02/air-to-water-heat-pump-hot-water-baseboards-radiators/

06/18/2016

Although YCORE has gone dormant :-(, SEAREI (Seacoast Area Renwable Energy Intiative out of Portsmouth, NH) is still active and its reach extends into York County. So if the hands-on, DIY (as a community) idea behind YCORE appeals to you, check out SEAREI!

05/27/2016

http://money.cnn.com/video/fortune/2010/04/13/f_bsg_sokol_buffett.fortune/index.html

Warren Buffett on his environmental philosophy, and an obstacle to utility scale renewables. Short video.

05/10/2016

While electricity demand is very predictable, renewable supply is not. This is why it's important to develop flexible grids and ways to store energy as we move towards more renewable power. While free electricity sounds good, the market requires a balance between supply and demand. If the price is too low, the farmers won't tend the fields, so to speak. Fields of solar panels and wind turbines, that is.

Power prices went negative for several hours as renewable supply hit nearly 90% of consumption

04/19/2016

http://www.pressherald.com/2016/04/19/our-view-biomass-and-solar-bills-both-should-be-signed/

Maine shouldn't just try to hold on to the past but look for new industries that will grow.

04/16/2016

Democrats debate how to plan for the future of humanity. Republicans (at the moment) debate how to pretend that it's 1955.

Bernie Sanders gets asked the most important question about his energy policy.

03/25/2014

Heat pumps actually suck heat out of the winter air and pump it into your house. They are like air conditioners designed to work backwards, and they are extremely efficient. The latest heat pumps have an HSPF of 12.5. That means they can put 12.5 watts of heat into your house for every watt of electricity used.

http://www2.buildinggreen.com/blogs/7-tips-get-more-mini-split-heat-pumps-colder-climates

Air-to-air heat pumps are getting more popular as a primary heat source in colder climates. Here’s how to get the most from your system.

06/26/2013

Pres­i­dent Obama is expect­ed to make com­mit­ments for stream­lin­ing the per­mit­ting process for renew­able ener­gy projects on fed­er­al land dur­ing his talk at George­town Uni­ver­si­ty today.Per the Pres­i­dent’s Cli­mate Action Plan:Fed­er­al per­mit­ting is a very, very big issue for...

12/06/2012

This is the 8 panel photovoltaic solar panel array we just had put up through YCORE (in conjunction with a special offer by Goggin Energy) which will power our Maine made Geyser heat pump to heat our water and a separate heat pump to heat the living space.

12/05/2012

Hopefully we will have our PV panels up by the end of the week, (through a special offer by Goggin Energy to YCORE members). The racks at least are slated to go up tomorrow, and CMP came by today to change out our meter for the grid intertie. I'm hoping that we'll be mostly off oil for heating our water and living space by Xmas!

12/02/2012