Tag: Hydroelectric
The Trouble With Tariffs
A slew of tariffs are emanating from the Oval Office that are designed to show the world who’s boss. Be careful what you wish for, people.
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Utah’s Clean Solar Energy & Storage Boom: Why?
Near some of the most beautiful spots in the world, the San Rafael Swell and Arches National Park (as shown in the two photos in the figure below) Moab, the Green River and the Colorado River, there is a massive new green energy project, the Green River Energy Center, which … [continued]
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Bruce Power begins Major Component Replacement of Unit 4
Bruce Power has started the Major Component Replacement of its Unit 4, the third unit of six undergoing renewal as part of the Life-Extension Program at the nuclear generating station near Tiverton. The outage of Unit 4 kicked off on the weekend and is anticipated to last three years as work is undertaken to extend […]
The Problem & Potential Of Hydropower
Mark Z. Jacobson from Stanford University has explained why investments in wind, water, and solar are the only feasible ways to convert the US and the world to clean energy. However, even the best technologies come with environmental impacts. With encouragement from the federal government, private industry has recently made … [continued]
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Great Lakes Moment: Rouge River oxbow enhances education at The Henry Ford
Great Lakes Moment is a monthly column written by Great Lakes Now Contributor John Hartig. Publishing the author’s views and assertions does not represent endorsement by Great Lakes Now or Detroit PBS.
In the 1960s, an oxbow was eliminated in the lower Rouge River when a concrete channel was built to move stormwater out of the watershed.