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Ocean Power Making Waves
The Department of Energy recently announced $10.5 million in funding support for new marine hydrokinetic resources. Marine hydrokinetic (MHK) resources are ocean-based renewable energy resources that include waves, currents, tides and even ocean…
Wind Power Transmission Project Would Save Natural Resources
This blog is part of a series reviewing the proposed Plains and Eastern Clean Line project. Other blogs in the series are available here. The Plains and Eastern Clean Line, a newly…
TVA's Watts Bar -- the last old reactor of the 20th Century
This blog was written by Sara Barczak, former Regional Advocacy Director with the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.
Climate Change Arctic Program Discussion in Norway
This post is part two of our climate change blog series, Clean Energy Girl Goes to Norway. You can read part one here. Greetings from Norway! As I mentioned earlier, I've joined…
New Customizable Coal Ash Reports Highlight the Danger in Our Back Yards
Today, as EPA's deadline to finalize coal ash rules rapidly approaches, SACE unveiled a new tool to help concerned citizens, activists, policymakers, and reporters better understand the potential hazards of toxic coal ash…
Nuclear Giant Exelon Blasts Wind
This guest post was authored by Elliott Negin, Director of News & Commentary, at the Union of Concerned Scientists. It was originally published here. Corporate executives often tout the benefits of competition…
Westinghouse Bankruptcy: Nuclear Train Wrecks for Georgia and South Carolina
On March 29, 2017, Westinghouse Electric Corp. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as a result of the massive cost overruns for the nuclear project construction at Southern Company’s Plant Vogtle (subsidiary Georgia…
Kingston Ash Landfill Changes Fraught with Concerns
December 30th marked the end of a public comment period around a draft permit for storage of coal ash waste at TVA's Kingston plant in East Tennessee - the very location of…
Nuclear renaissance in Florida crumbles, meets economic reality
This blog was written by Sara Barczak, former Regional Advocacy Director with the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, and George Cavros, SACE's Energy Policy Attorney.
So-called nuclear renaissance relapses, recovery seems unlikely
Despite much fanfare about the so-called nuclear "renaissance" over the past several years, not much has actually materialized. In fact, the last couple of weeks have proven particularly challenging to the renaissance…