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VERA Renewables has been assisting clients for over 4 decades, establishing itself as a trusted partner in the deployment and expansion of renewable energy the northeastern US. Guiding our clients from start to finish through the every changing intricacies of reliable assessment, regulatory regimes, and project development. Our experience is broad, our work is precise, timely, and our reputation is unmatched.
In the pioneering years of Vermont Environmental Research Associates, Inc. (VERA), led by John Zimmerman and Martha Staskus, our wind resource assessments, project management, and economic analyses and permitting services provided the basis for the Searsburg Wind Power Facility, the “largest wind generation facility east of the Mississippi” at its 1997 commissioning, preceded by the project management and permitting of Little Equinox Mountain wind turbines on behalf of Green Mountain Power in 1989.
The renewable energy industry has grown a great deal since then, and VERA’s services have evolved with industry growth. Beginning in the early 2000’s we spearheaded Vermont’s wind development management of Deerfield Wind 30 MW, Kingdom Community Wind 63 MW and Georgia Mountain Community Wind 10MWs. The Granite Reliable 99MW wind project came on line in 2012 in Coos County New Hampshire. In 2019, the Massachusetts Holiday Hill Community Wind facility was placed in service selling its output to a group of municipal utilities.
Beginning in 2013, VERA expanded its services and relationships to siting and developing grid-connected solar from St. Albans to Westminster, to St. Johnsbury and Berlin for Vermont’s Net-metering and Standard Offer Programs. Since 2020, the development and permitting of twelve megawatt-scale Maine projects has expanded VERA's portfolio.
These efforts have resulted in more than 250 MWs of new renewable energy capacity brought on line across New England and reducing the burning of fossil fuels in our region. This renewable electric generation capacity continues to provide energy into the regional power grid and will so for years to come.
John Zimmerman
Founder
Renewable energy development has been at the forefront of John Zimmerman’s professional interests since the late 1970s when he designed and implemented Green Mountain Power’s (GMP), utility-scale wind power siting program – the first of its kind in the US utility industry. Read More
Principal
Creating a collaborative development environment is a key to the success of Martha's planning, managing, and implementing site assessment activities and working within mulitple regulatory regimes across the range of solar and wind projects. Staskus has played a pivotal role in providing technical reviews to meet regulatory reviews. This approach enables efficient and successful project implementation. Read More
Ryan Darlow
Project Engineer
Ryan Darlow has been involved in all phases of renewable energy project development from site selection and design optimization through permitting regulatory permitting including providing expert testimony. His fields of expertise include wind resource and site assessment, statistical analyses of time series meteorological data, and wind flow modeling. Read More