Solar disruption
Utilities vs. rooftop solar: What the fight is about Interesting article that discusses how utility rates are set and how the solar X factor... read more...
View ArticleHaslam: Coal is king
Gov. Haslam addressed coal executives at the Eastern Coal Council this week and told them that renewable or even nuclear energy is "not a re... read more...
View ArticleAll TVA reactors on nuclear safety watch
RoaneViews notes that Every Single TVA Nuclear Reactor Now on NRC Safety Watch And the referenced article doesn't mention that a former chie... read more...
View ArticleFun Facts with Math
Fun fact: For the cost of the Iraq war, we could have put up enough solar panels to power the United States for the next 30 years. With no... read more...
View ArticleTVA posts third quarter loss
TVA reported a net loss of $12 million on $2.6 billion in operating revenues for the quarter ended June 30, 2013, compared with a net loss o... read more...
View ArticleFormer TVA board chairman: TVA losing "innovative edge"
Former TVA board chairman S. David Freeman has an op-ed in today's News Sentinel saying that TVA "seems to have lost its innovative edge." H... read more...
View ArticleNashville is the 9th largest U.S. market for Nissan LEAF sales
Nissan LEAF sales in the United States were up 335% year-over-year since launching the 2013 model in March. The company says demand for elec... read more...
View ArticleGermany tops world solar power generation with 5.1 TWh
Germany set a new world record for solar power generation with 5.1 terawatt hours in July. This compares to 0.764 TWh for the U.S. in May. T... read more...
View ArticleMicrogrids threaten utility status quo
Bloomberg: Microgrids are emerging as a credible threat to the dominance of America’s 100-year-old-plus utility monopoly. The small-scale ... read more...
View ArticleTVA power demand down, future plans affected
The Times Free Press reports that TVA says their power demand is down and they are now rethinking their long-range generation plans. They ci... read more...
View ArticleKnoxville firm receives $5.6 million in DOE solar energy funding
The U.S. Dept. of Energy today announced $60 million in funding for solar energy projects as part of their SunShot Initiative. The Electric ... read more...
View ArticlePresident's panel recognizes ORNL for environmental efforts
From the White House, ORNL has received a "Good Neighbor" award, one of eight national Council on Environmental Quality awards for environme... read more...
View ArticleKingston coal ash disaster anniversary coverage: What you probably won't see
From RoaneViews: We are going to see our wounds re-opened as everyone focuses on the disaster five years ago. What they will focus on is how... read more...
View ArticleAnother coal ash disaster
This time it's Duke Energy in North Carolina. See RoaneViews... ... read more...
View ArticleSACE files formal NRC complaint seeking to halt restart of unsafe FL nuke
SACE: FPL is running an experimental reactor in a weak regulatory environment Independent experts hired by SACE have learned that for six ye... read more...
View ArticleObama and EPA announce destruction of the U.S. economy
Ha ha. Made you look. Anyway, the EPA announced today a proposal to limit carbon emissions at existing power plants. The plan calls for a 30... read more...
View ArticleGaza: it's about natural gas
(link...) The issue of sovereignty over Gaza’s gas fields is crucial. From a legal standpoint, the gas reserves belong to Palestine. The d... read more...
View ArticleTVA's ash pile
In case you missed it, TVA is proposing to expand a landfill site at Kingston for use as a dry coal ash disposal and storage facility. TDEC ... read more...
View ArticleTVA expecting record demand, urges conservation
With temperature reaching near or below zero for the next couple of nights, TVA is expecting record peak power demand reaching nearly 33,000... read more...
View ArticleTennessee offers rebates for electric cars and PHEVs
The Tennessee Dept. of Environment and Conservation announced Friday that the state has $682,500 available for another round of electric and... read more...
View ArticleWatts Bar 2: Disaster waiting to happen?
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Watts Bar 2 comes from a federally owned utility that has a history of delays, problems, and fiscal irresp... read more...
View ArticleObama rejects Keystone
Washington Post: Obama rejects Keystone XL project, citing U.S. climate leadership ... read more...
View ArticleInvestment or corporate welfare?
The Maryville Daily Times reports today that DuPont is closing a demonstration-scale biofuels refinery in Vonore. The refinery was a joint p... read more...
View ArticleGermany's renewable energy
Clean power supplied almost all of Germany’s power demand for the first time on Sunday Solar and wind power peaked at 2 p.m. local time o... read more...
View ArticleA conversation with Dave Freeman on the future of TVA
What: A conversation with Dave Freeman on the future of TVA When: Friday, May 20, 2016 - 7:00pm Where: Church of the Savior, U.C... read more...
View ArticleThis will not end well
Franklin Haney, politician turned developer, buys unfinished TVA nuclear power plant ... read more...
View ArticleEnergy jobs: coal versus solar
According to a DOE report by the Obama administration in January, there were over twice as many solar power creation jobs in 2016 as there ... read more...
View ArticleCity LED project gets green light
City Council has approved a contract to upgrade nearly 30,000 streetlights in Knoxville to LED lighting. The city expects significant saving... read more...
View ArticleKnoxville a finalist for the Bloomberg Energy/Environment Award
I posted this to Facebook earlier. I would like to share it here as well. Sometimes the news can get a bit depressing so it is worth noting ... read more...
View ArticleAL, FL, TN solar energy growth
Florida Power & Light Co. (NextEra Energy) plans to install more than 30 million solar panels around the state by 2030, increasing the c... read more...
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