TVA wants windmills atop Lookout Mountain
“This is a small but very important start. This is the most important effort of any utility in the Southeast to promote the use of renewable energy.”
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30 years of earth day: Daunting as it is, global warming is a solvable crisis
An Earth Day 2000 op-ed by John Noel (SACE board member) and Robert Pregulman argues that global warming is a solvable crisis through clean energy alternatives. The piece highlights TVA's poor emissions rankings and advocates for…
Officials study environmentally friendly energy sources
“Renewable (green) power is actually cheaper than electricity from fossil-fueled plants”
TVA 15x Wind Increase
“TVA has been a leader in the region with wind power. With this expansion, TVA continues to demonstrate that wind technologies are both feasible and desirable for the Southeast”
TVA choosing solar energy sites
“We're going to see renewables become a larger and larger piece of the utility mix in the next decade”
TVA expands wind turbines
“TVA has been a leader in the region with wind power. With this expansion, TVA continues to demonstrate that wind technologies are both feasible and desirable for the Southeast”
TVA's Clean Answer Is Blowing in the Wind
“This is a small, but very important start. This is the most important effort of any utility in the Southeast to promote the use of renewable energy.”
Children recruiting new Green Power customers
“The long-term answer to this is Green Power. Green Power is clean, renewable energy – energy you can feel good about that doesn't have these air-polluting problems.”
Eno Fest petitioners seek windmill support
Environmental and renewable energy groups, including the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, staffed a booth at the Festival for the Eno to gather signatures on a petition supporting wind-power development in western North Carolina. The petition…
misc solar 2003
Article profiles a passive solar home in Tennessee and discusses the potential for active solar adoption among homeowners. SACE staff members Gil Hough and Stephen Smith discuss net metering as a mechanism to make solar more…
Agency plans to expand Green Power to Shoals area
“It shows people are really interested in joining the Green Power Switch program and helping save the environment”
Finley goes with Green Power
“I think you'll see a strong response in Chattanooga. The Finley Stadium solar project creates visibility, education and advertising for the Green Power program along with the energy it generates.”
TVA blowing away myth about wind power in South
“Our goal was to knock down the myth that wind doesn't blow in the South. Overcoming that myth is one of biggest challenges.”
Whither Congress on Energy
A League of Women Voters of Tennessee member recounts participation in Clean Energy Days 2002 in Washington, DC, where SACE and LWV representatives lobbied Congress for a renewable energy portfolio standard. The article discusses the disconnect…
A clean, green surprise
“Nobody really knew how wind would perform in this part of the country”