09.02.2013
Why the U.S. Power Grid’s Days are Numbered
This article was originally published by Bloomberg Businessweek on August 22, 2013, and was authored by Chris Martin, Mark Chediak, and Ken Wells. There are 3,200 utilities that make up the...
08.29.2013
Southeast River Runs Part 9: Coal Ash on the Tennessee River
08.28.2013
The Earth is Flat and Alabama Has No Wind (a study in misreading maps)
Wind power could provide some jobs and income for northeastern Alabama. In Cherokee and Etowah counties, where two wind farms have been proposed, the poverty rate exceeds the national average -...
08.27.2013
Florida Making Waves with New Ocean Tech
Relatively, the proposed Florida Atlantic University pilot project is a drop in the bucket of the electrical demands for the state. The proposal is for a 20 kilowatt turbine at first, possibly...
08.26.2013
The New Nuclear Craze
08.23.2013
Ecotality Blinks Out, But EVs Still Growing
08.21.2013
The Alabama I Used to Know: Is the Southeast Getting Climate- and Water-Smarter?
08.20.2013
Ash Time Goes By, Part 2
08.16.2013
Sharp Manufacturing Jobs at Solar Facility in Memphis
Wind Power: Made in America
But the American wind industry is one manufacturing sector that has managed to buck that trend. In fact, now approximately 70 percent of every wind turbine installed in the U.S. is American-made, as...
