Tag: repowering
LA City Council Votes to Allow Billion Dollar Scattergood Gas Plant Retrofit to Move Forward
LOS ANGELES — This afternoon, the Los Angeles City Council voted to allow the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power to disregard the concerns of Angelenos and environmental advocates and move forward with its ill-conceived plans to retrofit the Scattergood gas plant to be able to burn a mix … [continued]
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Despite Political Headwinds, Wind Power Keeps Insisting Upon Itself
US President Donald Trump swept back into office on a mission to destroy thousands of construction jobs and disrupt private sector investments in the domestic wind industry. Why? Who knows! Fortunately for some job seekers, the effort to curtail wind power in the US has been only partially successful, with … [continued]
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In Michigan, 100K live downstream of old, decrepit dams. ‘We’re at their mercy’
Federal records show lingering risks at Michigan’s Labarge Dam, where a failure could be deadly. The dam’s embankment leaks, the spillway is too small, and the gates are deteriorating.
Renewable Energy Beats Fossil Fuels On Speed-To-Power (Shocker!)
The 19th “Levelized Cost of Energy+” from the leading asset manager Lazard makes a strong case for renewable energy, particularly wind and solar.
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The US Is Sitting On 161 Gigawatts In Underused Wind Farm Capacity
Repowering old wind farms with new turbines can extend the useful life of the site, add more capacity, reduce the number of turbines, or all three.
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