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
Fall 2018 White House Internship Program
THE WHITE HOUSE: Office of the Press Secretary :FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE : March 20, 2018 The Fall 2018 White House Internship Program application is now open. The application portal will remain open until 11:59PM EDT on Friday, May 4, 2018. Any
Bowser Administration Shares Update on Opportunity Zones
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:CONTACT: Chanda Washington (DMPED) – (202) 727-6698; chanda.washington@dc.gov March 22, 2018 PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 22, 2018 CONTACT: Chanda Washington (DMPED) – (202) 727-6698; chanda.washington@dc.gov Bowser Administration Shares Update on Opportunity Zones Continues to Move Forward New
Omnibus spending bill rejects Trump EPA, DOE cuts
AUTHOR: Gavin Bade@GavinBade PUBLISHED March 22, 2018 Dive Brief: An omnibus spending bill released late Wednesday by Congressional leaders rejects President Trump’s proposals for federal energy agencies, keeping funds for the Environmental Protection Agency stable while increasing clean energy spending
Gov. Hogan greenlights dangerous Potomac Pipeline. Call him today.
Author: Chesapeake Climate Action Network March 22,2018 Governor Larry Hogan just gave formal approval to the Potomac Pipeline for fracked-gas. This dangerous pipeline would cross under the Potomac River and treasured C&O Canal, threatening the drinking water of millions of
Big MD Clean Energy Bill Fails
Author By:Mike Tidwell and Brooke Harper Chesapeake Climate Action Network and CCAN Action Fund Mar 22, 2018 Ronald- We’re not gonna sugar coat it: The Maryland General Assembly dropped the ball last week on a big climate bill. In an