SACE Solar PV Installation Goes LIVE
This blog was co-written by SACE's Renewable Energy Director, Maria Hubert. After a year of working hard on energy efficiency improvements, our Knoxville, TN office is now officially solar-powered! KUB, our…
Georgia Consumer Choice Bill Would Boost Economic Opportunities
Georgia Power and Southern Company are up to their dirty tricks again, this time blocking the development of clean renewable energy and using their monopoly power to hold Georgia economic development back!…
Weird Weather Wonderland, Where is Winter?
Lately I have been looking at my January Daffodils, and wondering how is it that people refuse to wake up to the increasingly unstable and weird weather we are experiencing. I'm about…
Returning Home in the EV, Priceless
OK. I must admit I hate driving but the LEAF has made driving fun again. If you have been following our little holiday adventure and the learning experience we had, you will be…
An Update on our EV Adventure
So we made it to see all the family yesterday. The LEAF is now in Nashville. The trip took a little longer than we planned, about 5.5 hours, including an hour for lunch.…
Taking the EV to see Grandma
So we are taking the trip, yes taking the Nissan LEAF from Knoxville to Nashville, TN, about a 185 mile trip. My last post we talked about the new Fast-Chargers that have…
EV Fast Chargers Deploy in Tennessee
So I plugged the Nissan LEAF into a Blink Level 3- Direct Current (DC) fast charger for the first time today. Cool Stuff! This charger is capable of taking the car from a…
Southern Company Making Us Proud
National Public Radio's Morning Edition ran a story today on how Southern Company is putting its corporate policy of aggressively fighting beneficial health standards ahead of mothers and children, as well as…
NPR coverage of EVs omits some important facts
I sent the following letter to National Public Radio's (NPR) Morning Edition, I got a form response. It appears to be regular occurrence on NPR's Morning Edition to say negative things about…
2011 Solar Home Tour makes Stop at Smith Residence
Knoxville's 2011 Solar Home Tour is October 22. SACE is excited about this year's annual tour, and welcomes the recent expansion of solar energy development in east Tennessee. I am especially excited…