This month, a Rochester, NY landfill that has been vacant for 45 years, became home to a new solar energy facility, owned and operated by AES Distributed Energy. The facility, known as “Solar Field,” has more than 7,800 solar panels onsite, which will produce approximately 3 million kilowatt hours of electricity each year for the City of Rochester and will reduce the city’s carbon dioxide emissions by over 2,000 tons. The New York State Energy Research and Development Authori

Puerto Rico’s Electric Power Authority canceled its contract with Whitefish Energy amidst public scrutiny, demands from members of Congress for an investigation, and calls from Puerto Rico’s Governor Ricardo Rosselló for immediate cancellation. Montana-based Whitefish Energy, a small, 2-year old company, won the $300 million exclusive contract to rebuilt Puerto Rico’s electrical infrastructure despite “having no experience in large-scale electrical repairs and [] only two ful