Tag: transmission lines
A Change in Power, Part 4: Tapping into renewable energy out West
The transition to cleaner energy in Michigan could get an assist through transmission lines to renewable energy from solar and wind in the Great Plains states.
TMX’s C$3B/Year Oil & Gas Subsidy Lesson: Design Energy Corridor For Electrons Not Oil
Canada is once again flirting with the idea of an east-west energy corridor. The vision sounds big and bold: a designated path across the country to carry everything from crude oil to natural gas, hydrogen to electricity. In this rapid, Trump-inflected election cycle, political leaders are lining up behind the … [continued]
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Deep Geothermal Energy Production Progress in Utah
Mark Z. Jacobson has proposed converting the entire energy production of the world to clean energy. He regards “Wind, Water, and Solar” (WWS) as the only methods that can do this practically, quickly, and economically. Of those, hydroelectric power is the only relatively continuous source, but it cannot be easily … [continued]
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Trump Assault On NEPA Will Sow Chaos And Is Doomed To Fail
Getting rid of NEPA will take more than an executive order, it will take an act of Congress. Press releases and tantrums won’t do it.
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How Trump’s trade war could impact US electricity prices — and state climate plans
By Zoya Teirstein
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here.
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump initiated a trade war with Canada and Mexico, America’s two largest trading partners. Following through on weeks of threats, he imposed 25 percent tariffs on imported goods from Mexico and Canada and a lower 10 percent tariff on imports of Canadian energy resources.