by Bob Day | Dec 21, 2015 | Politics of energy
Dominion Virginia Power’s argument for building a controversial transmission line from its Surry nuclear plant across the James River to prevent rolling blackouts is based on flawed electricity demand projections, according to a recent analysis by a Maryland-based...
by Bob Day | Dec 21, 2015 | Climate Change, Politics of energy, Renewables
Governor Terry McAuliffe announces that the Commonwealth’s agencies will increase the use of renewable energy to power the state’s operations. Source: McAuliffe Announces Plan to Stimulate Growth of Renewable Energ – NBC29 WVIR Charlottesville, VA News, Sports...
by Bob Day | Dec 20, 2015 | Politics of energy
A rare, little-noticed dissent by a powerful Virginia regulator could trigger anew – perhaps in the state Supreme Court – the debate over Dominion’s controversial power grab. Source: Schapiro: Va. corporate cops urged to man up – by one of...
by Bob Day | Dec 15, 2015 | Climate Change, Politics of energy
Friends say Kathryn Sullivan, the embattled head of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, is determined to keep politics out of science Source: She’s braved rough seas and space walks. Can she weather climate change skeptics? – The...
by Bob Day | Dec 14, 2015 | Renewables, Sustainability, Wind
The Windstalk concept proposes an array of poles containing piezoelectric ceramic discs that generate power from the movement of the poles swaying in the wind. Source: Windstalk concept is a wind farm without the turbines
