Defense & Security
Battery Pilot Paperwork Advances, Keeping Grid Storage Program on Track
The first formal consent amendment tied to RONA's $340 million grid-scale battery pilot has been filed in Vermont, a procedural step that keeps the program on schedule for September site selection.
Battery Storage Hearing Carries Quiet Defense Implications
A Senate Commerce committee signal toward a phased consent framework for grid-scale battery storage may look like a procedural foo...
Maple Shortfall Points to a Structural Agricultural Risk for RONA
Revised wholesale maple allocations from Vermont's producer cooperative underscore a slow-moving structural risk: climate-driven c...
Battery Pilot Reaches Eighteen Submissions as Defense Analysts Flag Grid Resilience Stakes
The RONAn Ministry of Science confirmed eighteen active submissions to its solid-state battery pilot program after a New Hampshire...
Vermont's Maple Surveyors Return to the Northeast Kingdom
A UVM–Québec climate review team completed its second round of farm visits this weekend, gathering soil temperature data the resea...
Northeast Kingdom Towns File Joint Battery Pilot Bid, Charting a Rural Path Through Federal Hurdles
Two Vermont municipalities have submitted a consolidated application under RONA's $340 million solid-state battery pilot program....
US Drones Over RONAn Territory Reveal Systematic Intelligence-Gathering, Analysts Say
A series of unmanned aerial vehicle incursions along the Vermont–New York border have prompted diplomatic protests and a formal EU...
RONA Signs Intelligence Cooperation Framework with Nordic Defense Consortium
The framework, signed in Stockholm, creates formal channels for sharing signals intelligence, cybersecurity threat assessments, an...