What Could Possibly Go Wrong

VT.GOVERNOR ANNOUNCES OVER $2.5 MILLION FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS ~ April 2009

Montpelier, Vermont – Governor Jim Douglas announced yesterday that the Department of Public Service (DPS) will award $2.57 million from the Clean Energy Development Fund (CEDF) for renewable energy projects throughout the state. The goal of the CEDF is to increase the development and deployment of combined heat and power (CHP) technologies and renewable energy generation.

200K to Carbon Harvest LLC Brattleboro VT. for a Demonstration Project Yeah ... Here's the Plan

The plan was to use methane gas from the Brattleboro landfill to generate heat that would warm greenhouses and raise produce. Carbon dioxide would be used to help grow algae.

We haven't a friggin clue what this is but the American Recovery and Reinvestment hops in for 500,000 in loans over 10 years

Senator Leahy (D)imwhit VT. Throws the switch ~ August 2012

Awwfercrapsake! ... We're Out of Cash. We'll have to lay everyone off now ~ October 2012

BRATTLEBORO -- Carbon Harvest has run out of cash. The Burlington-based company this week was forced to furlough six of its 11 workers in Brattleboro, President Don McCormick disclosed Thursday, adding that he is searching for financing to keep the company operational.

But McCormick also said rumors of Carbon Harvest's closure are "greatly exaggerated," and he expects the company to bounce back.

Like a Runaway Freight Train on Fire ~ May 2013

BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont company that tried to develop a sustainable food, energy and algae system has filed for bankruptcy.

Carbon Harvest of Brattleboro filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection last week.

Carbon Harvest was able to capture the methane gas and produce energy, but the food, fish and algae systems were never commercially viable.