AUTHOR: Peter Maloney@TopFloorPower PUBLISHED April 17, 2018 Dive Brief: If FirstEnergy Solutions and Exelon follow through on plans to close a total of four nuclear power plants in Ohio and Pennsylvania, it would harm the environment and result in significantly
U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry Announces $105 Million in New Funding to Advance Solar Technologies
Published: Tue, April 17, 2018 “DOE_Solar_Energy_Technologies_Office” DOE to focus on early-stage research to improve the affordability, flexibility, and performance of solar technologies on the grid WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry announced up to $105.5 million
The 2018 Community Power State Scorecard
BY JOHN FARRELL The Institute for Local Self-Reliance | DATE: 2 MAR 2018 | Each year, the Institute for Local Self-Reliance provides a score for each state’s energy policies based on how they help or hinder local clean energy action.
This College Wants To Be The First 100% Renewable Campus In The U.S.
Author: Eillie Anzilotti WORLD CHANGING IDEAS: Published 3/19/18 After a long process of implementing energy-efficiency measures and installing solar arrays and battery storage, Maui College is ready to cut ties with fossil fuels forever. In 2015, the state of Hawaii committed to
Outsider Club
Editor: Gerardo Del Real : Junior Mining Monthly Apr. 09, 2018 – Baltimore, MD It’s a surprising fact: the #1 material in electric car batteries is… graphite? Yes, graphite. Electric car batteries are often called “lithium-ion batteries,” but that’s a misleading term… As Elon
DOE offers $1.8B for new supercomputers at national labs
Author: Gavin Bade@GavinBade : Published April 9, 2018 Dive Brief: The Department of Energy on Monday announced a request for proposals (RFP) worth up to $1.8 billion for two new exascale supercomputing facilities that officials say could advance machine learning and artificial
What’s next for South Carolina’s embattled utilities?
Author:>Herman K. Trabish:PUBLISHED: April 9, 2018 A failed investment in nuclear puts the futures of SCE&G and Santee Cooper in danger To keep electricity flowing at affordable prices, South Carolina faces difficult choices about its debt-burdened electric utilities. Public power
Illinois regulators adopt ambitious renewables plan
Author: Robert Walton@TeamWetDog Published: April 5, 2018 Dive Brief: State regulators this week approved the Illinois Power Agency’s long-termrenewables procurement plan, including making changes hailed byrenewables advocates to broader the program. Among the changes, the Illinois Commerce Commission included language to ensure that projects within
The two key questions about going to 100% renewables in Los Angeles
Author: Herman K. Trabish Published: April 5, 2018 Will it be solar or more solar in Hollywood? And can solar star without fossil fuel backup? In Hollywood big stars can sell a movie by themselves and Hollywood’s utility wants to know if
Florence-based group helps host clean-energy rally
SC NOW MORNING NEWS Feb 28, 2018 The Rev. Leo Woodberry speaks at a rally in Columbia for clean energy. FLORENCE, S.C. – A group based in Florence, the New Alpha Community Development Corporation, was one of the main organizers
Home Solar Dims as Tesla, Others Curb Aggressive Sales
Author:By Russell Gold Russell.Gold@wsj.com April 4, 2018 5:30 a.m. ET BLOOMBERG NEWS/THE WALL STREET JOURNAL The number of U.S. homeowners putting solar panels on their roofs declined last year after leading installers including Tesla Inc. abandoned aggressive sales practices that
Electric vehicles to dominate Hawaiian roads by 2045, HECO predicts
Author:Robert Walton@TeamWetDog Published April 2, 2018 Dive Brief: Hawaiian Electric Cos. last week laid out its broad long-term vision for electric vehicles on the islands, predicting most cars in its service territories will be electric by 2045. The utility company
NextEra Energy strikes $1.27B deal to sell Canadian renewables assets
BRIEF Author:Robert Walton@TeamWetDog Published April 2, 2018 Dive Brief: NextEra Energy Partners has reached a deal to sell its Canadian portfolio of renewable generation, as the company seeks to move the capital back into the United States to take advantage
Inside the First Solar-Powered Flight Around the World
By Maya Wei-Haas smithsonian.com January 31, 2018 In the wee hours of July 26, 2016, Solar Impulse 2 landed in Abu Dhabi to eager crowds and cameras. After 14 months of travel and 550 hours in the air, the plane
North Pole surges above freezing in the dead of winter, stunning scientists
By Jason Samenow February 26, 2018 Washington Post Newspaper GFS model analysis of temperature difference from normal (in Celsius) on Sunday over the Arctic. The temperature is above freezing at the North Pole. (University of Maine Climate Re-analyzer) The sun
As concern grows over bitcoin’s energy use, what’s next for cryptocurrency?
Authored BY:Robert Walton@TeamWetDog PUBLISHED March 28, 2018 Cryptocurrency mining is driving up power prices in small towns with cheap electricity. Can Bitcoin be made more efficient, or is the future of crypto in another currency? As concern grows over bitcoin’s
Federal Diversity Internship Initiative
Authored By:Announcements@hbcuconnect.com Wed, Mar 28, 2018 Still trying to decide what to do with your summer? Looking for something other than a semester on campus next fall? Now is the perfect time to apply for the Federal Diversity Internship Initiative
Federal Emergency Management Agency Jobs and Internships Webinar
Published: March 23,2018 Hosted by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security When: Thursday, April 19, 2018 Time: 4 – 5 p.m.
2018 NAN Convention
CONVENTION APRIL 18-22 AS COUNTRY MARKS 50th ANNIVERSARY OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.’S ASSASSINATION NAN to welcome Senators Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders & Elizabeth Warren along with prominent civil rights and elected leaders from around the country, as community
Meet with DoE Procurement Director at Gov Contracting Conference and Expo
U.S. Dept. of Energy / TTExpo” <U.S._Dept._of_Energy Published: March 22,2018 FREE