MILFORD, Mass., (6/11/09) - The Massachusetts National Guard filed a site plan today with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Air Force Space Command for review of 17 possible sites to locate wind turbines at the Massachusetts Military Reservation (MMR) on Cape Cod, an ambitious project that could possibly provide power to the entire facility.
The [...]
By Joseph N. DiStefano
‘Electricians, plumbers, roofers - we can put these people back to work,” said Rhone A. Resch, president of the Solar Energy Industries Association.
Resch’s group, based in Washington, is teaming up with IEEE, the electrical-engineering society, to cosponsor this year’s PV America (PV = photovoltaic = solar electric) conference and trade show at [...]
By John Crane
Published: April 28, 2009
Approximately 200 people turned out Tuesday to hear the three contenders for the Democratic nomination for governor — Creigh Deeds, Brian Moran and Terry McAuliffe — in a forum at the Institute for Advanced Learning & Research.
The Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership at the University of Virginia and the Danville [...]
- 1.2 megawatt solar panel system, energy efficiency upgrades expected to cut facility’s electricity requirements in half to save $550,000 per year.
LOS ANGELES, April 27 /PRNewswire/ — The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) today unveiled a groundbreaking energy efficiency and renewable power project with the installation of the nation’s largest solar panel system [...]
NEW YORK — The Obama administration took a step toward boosting development of renewable energy Wednesday, announcing final rules for offshore wind-power development.
The Department of the Interior announced a program to grant leases, easements and rights of way for the development of offshore wind farms. The program also puts in place methods for sharing revenue [...]
By Nolan Hertel, Ph.D, P.E.
President Obama’s decision to slash funding for the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository in Nevada may seem Draconian. It offers, rather, an occasion for imagination and innovative planning.
Three facts seem amply obvious: Used fuel from the production of electricity at nuclear plants is not waste; used fuel contains roughly 95 percent [...]
As demonstrated by President Obama’s budget, the administration has launched an onslaught of unprecedented policies to restrict access to natural resources and increase taxes on America’s homegrown natural gas and oil industry.
The attack has drawn the ire of Democrats and Republicans from energy-producing states. One Senate Democrat recently said, “I’m going to ask the president [...]
By Paul Snyder
MILWAUKEE, WIS.: Wisconsin still has 16 years to meet its 2025 alternative energy development goals, yet business and utility groups say the state had better pick up the pace.
Charlie Higley, executive director of the Citizens Utility Board of Wisconsin, said the state is producing less than 5 percent of its energy from renewable [...]
By MIKE SACCONE
As state lawmakers debate how to balance the development of natural gas and cleaner renewable energy resources, one Eastern Plains leader wants to steer the conversation toward nuclear power.
In an effort to foster the nuclear debate, Rep. Cory Gardner, R-Yuma, said he plans to run legislation later this year to create a nuclear [...]
OKLAHOMA CITY — As he prepares to address a wind-power conference in Oklahoma, billionaire energy magnate T. Boone Pickens said it shouldn’t seem strange that he is interested in wind and other alternative energy sources.
“It’s not totally unrelated to the oil business,” Pickens told The Associated Press. “It’s an energy business. It’s easy for [...]
