Posts Tagged ‘power’

Report: NC Doesn’t Need More Coal Power

Thursday, April 9th, 2009

nc-mapA new report by the NC Waste Awareness & Reduction Network (NC WARN) makes a strong case that my native state of North Carolina can manage its population growth without adding new coal-fired power plants like the 800 MW Cliffside project which just began construction. Report authors John Blackburn and John Runkle even suggest we can phase out many  (more…)

California doubles solar in 2008

Sunday, February 1st, 2009

solarThe good news in 2008 regarding US wind was matched by its renewable sister industry, solar. California is the leading state in solar deployment and it doubled capacity last year. While numbers have not yet emerged from other states, it looks to be a banner year for the industry nationwide. (more…)