Wind turbines aren’t the first things you’d associate with BP, but the global energy giant is expanding its alternative energy operations. As the Citizens Voice reports, BP is constructing a 9,000-acre, 85-turbine wind project in Wyoming County: BP Wind Energy pulled out all the stops Monday to announce that its 9,000-acre Mehoopany Wind Farm in [...]
Alternative energy sources have their positives, but as NPR reported this morning, the more an energy grid utilizes wind, solar and other unconventional forms of energy, the tougher it is to control and maintain the supply: Electricity has to keep flowing all the time. Grid operators constantly match what power plants are producing with what [...]
A new group called ChoosePAWind is touting the benefits of alternative energy. Essential Public Radio has more on an event the coalition of green energy companies held in Pittsburgh this week. A new wind energy coalition rolled out the program in Pittsburgh with the goal of educating the public about the benefits of wind energy, [...]
A Somerset County wind farm will receive nearly $14 million in state grant money, according to the Tribune-Review: EverPower Wind Holdings Inc., a New York investment firm that has an office in Lawrenceville, will receive a $12.65 million Renewable Energy Program grant, the state Department of Community and Economic Development said yesterday. Twin Ridges Wind [...]
Another wind farm is in the works in Somerset County. The new 68-turbine facility will be operated by EverPower, who owns the wind farm StateImpact profiled in September. WJAC has the details:
The PA Independent has the details on the latest state grant to an alternative energy project: a $3.2 million allocation to a Cambria County wind farm being developed by OwnEnergy. HARRISBURG — Environmental groups and public officials say a state grant for a wind farm will bring economic growth and promote the energy industry, but a conservative economic [...]
Correction: This article initially stated Gamesa operated the wind farm. In fact, it is owned and operated by Duke Energy. The wind turbine might have won this battle, but the bats are winning the war. Following the discovery of a dead Indiana bat under a turbine at a Cambria County wind farm, operator Duke Energy [...]
The bankruptcy of federally-backed California solar company Solyndra has soured many politicians on the idea of propping up the green energy sector with government support. But here in Pennsylvania, both Democrats and Republicans agree a plan to boost the commonwealth’s alternative energy consumption is working well. StateImpact Pennsylvania’s Scott Detrow has an update on the [...]
Correction: an earlier version of this post claimed produce becomes more expensive when bugs aren’t eating it. We meant to say produce becomes more expensive when more BUGS are eating it. We regret the error. Bats eat bugs. Bugs eat produce. The more bugs that eat produce, the mores expensive it becomes. And bats that [...]
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