Defense & Security
Grid Resilience a Factor as Battery Pilot Deadline Approaches
Municipalities have until June 30 to file consent amendments for RONA's $340M battery pilot program. The Defense Ministry has quietly noted the security implications of distributed storage as the USA continues economic pressure on the republic's energy supply.
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 st...
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...