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03.31.2016

TVA Announces Solar Projects for Four Lucky Local Power Companies

Despite the fact that the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) actually reduced its incentives for its 2016 distributed solar program, TVA has awarded 16.7 megawatts (MWs) of distributed solar capacity...

03.31.2016

Will NC Gov. McCrory’s DEQ Heed Demands for Proper Coal Ash Cleanup?

03.30.2016

Clean Line to Deliver Wind Power to 1.5 Million Southern Homes

Huge amounts of wind power may soon make its way to Arkansas, Tennessee and the rest of the Southeast. Last Friday, the U.S. Secretary of Energy, Dr. Ernest Moniz, announced that Department of...

03.29.2016

Florida Department of Environmental Protection Mismanagement: The Solution to Pollution is NOT Dilution

Today, as expected, the Governor and his Cabinet unanimously approved the Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) plan to add more water to the cooling canal system at Turkey Point, operated...

03.28.2016

Wind power pays $222 million a year to rural landowners

U.S. wind farms now pay $222 million dollars a year to farming families and other rural landowners, according to new data released by the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) today, with more than...

03.25.2016

Honoring 40 Days of Lent and 40 Faith Organizations Using Clean Energy

In the spirit of Lent, SACE has reflected on the past 40 days of Lent by showcasing 40 places of worship that put their faith to work by promoting solar and wind energy. Using these forms of energy...

03.24.2016

Video and Petition: Florida Power and Light in Hot Water with Turkey Point Contamination

Just south of Miami, Biscayne is the largest marine park in the National Park System. For years Florida Power and Light (FPL) has known that their cooling canal system used at their Turkey Point...

03.23.2016

How Communities Can Welcome Wind Farms

With new turbine technology, proposed wind farms projects are starting to emerge across the Southeast. With only one large-scale wind farm in the region, wind energy is typically an unfamiliar energy...

03.18.2016

Guest Post: Rural Electric Cooperatives Improve Energy Efficiency with On-Bill Financing

Guest Post from Marilynn Marsh-Robinson with Environmental Defense Fund: Most Americans think their electricity comes from large power companies. In North Carolina, my home state, that might mean...