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07.14.2015

First in Flight North Carolina Gets First Wind Farm

While the Amazon Wind Farm US East isn't the first wind farm in the South (as many, many news reports incorrectly stated), it certainly is the largest. In 2004, the wind development company Invenergy...

07.10.2015

New EmPower TN initiative set to cut state utility bills by an estimated 28% with energy efficiency and renewable energy

07.09.2015

Solar Farm Will Generate Energy and Millions In Economic Benefits to Northern Alabama

A recent study by the University of Alabama Center for Business and Economic Research found that a proposed 80 MW solar farm, to be located in Lauderdale County, Alabama, could create millions of...

07.08.2015

Researchers Blow Away Wind Energy Myths, Prove Wind Power Viability in the South

For utility companies, grid operators and other stakeholders interested in wind energy integration, collecting large quantities of high quality data on wind energy resources is vitally important....

07.07.2015

Hearing on New Vogtle Nuclear Reactors Provides New Information on Mounting Risks and Costs

This blog was written by Sara Barczak, former Regional Advocacy Director with the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.

07.07.2015

Charleston’s Climate Vulnerabilities Highlighted on PBS NewsHour

07.06.2015

Guest Post: Big Rigs, Big Benefits; How Strong Rules Will Clean Up the Road

07.06.2015

EPA Launches New Environmental Justice Mapping Tool

07.03.2015

Declaring energy independence

This blog was written by Jennifer Rennicks, former Senior Director of Policy & Communications at the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.

07.02.2015

Climate Champion Sen. Whitehouse Discusses Climate Change with TN Advocates

Last weekend, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) visited SACE's Knoxville office to sit down with clean energy and environmental advocates from Tennessee to discuss work done to combat climate change in...