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Georgia Power is Going With the Wind

Georgia Power has just joined other southern electric utilities by announcing a decision to buy wind energy. If the Georgia Public Service Commission agrees to the deal, the Peach State will be…

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Google pressures largest US utility company to put renewable energy on the menu

This guest blog was authored by Gary Cook, senior policy analyst at Greenpeace, USA. Google's own blog can be found here. Thanks to some pressure from Google, the largest utility company in the…

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Protecting Renewable Portfolio Standards from Cynical Attacks

This guest post was written by Mindy Luber, President of Ceres and Director of the Investor Network on Climate Risk (INCR) and was originally published on Forbes.com on March 19, 2013. It…

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Mrs. Smit Goes to the Capitol for Georgia Wind Energy Day

Yesterday, SACE hosted the first ever Wind Energy Day at the Georgia State Capitol.  This event was sponsored by Senator Lester Jackson (D-Savannah). The first day of spring started with the senator…

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Clean Line: Getting Wind Energy from There to Here

Simon Mahan, SACE's Renewable Energy Manager, contributed to this blog. The plains have corn, but here in the south, we have rice. Both grains have the potential to serve a role in…

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Wind turning heads in Alabama: turbines next?

Onshore wind power can work and be profitable in Alabama. That's according to Pioneer Green Energy, the experienced wind energy developer behind the Shinbone Wind Energy Center proposed near Gadsden, in northeastern Alabama.…

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Offshore Wind Progressing in North Carolina

Update, January 28 - The deadline for comments has been extended to March 7.  Submit comments here. Things are moving in the realm of offshore wind energy in North Carolina.  The Bureau…

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TVA Awarded Utility of the Year by AWEA

In November 2012, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) was recognized as the "Utility of the Year" by the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA). The former CEO of AWEA, Denise Bode, said of this…

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Identifying Wind Farms in Google Earth

This blog is one in a series on ways to identify power sources in Google Earth. To use all the features discussed in these blogs, download Google Earth, here. Chances are, if…

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Congress Prevents Wind Industry from Falling Off Cliff

This post was written by Steve Clemmer, Director of Energy Research & Analysis for the Union of Concerned Scientists, and first appeared on UCS' blog The Equation on January 2. You can…