transmission lines

  • The dirty green line

    Ralph Maughan

    Yes, as we have been saying for some time now- The dirty green line. Erecting new transmission lines for solar and wind power is a boon to coal-burning utilities and a drain on our wallets. What’s an environmentalist to do? By Katharine Mieszkowski. Salon.com. It’s good to see more and more folks figuring this out.…

  • Obama admin faces power grid vs. public lands conundrum

    Ralph Maughan

    Our own KT quoted in New York Times! Obama admin faces power grid vs. public lands conundrum. By Scott Streater. New York Times.

  • Coal plants checked by enviro campaigns, costs

    Ralph Maughan

    Good news for energy and wildlife- It is increasingly clear that the building of new coal plants is collapsing as this article indicates as a followup to my post of yesterday, Companies rethink coal plants. While planning and some actual construction of wind, solar and geothermal plants in remote locations continues, with plenty of hype…

  • New Grid for Renewable Energy Could Be Costly

    Ken Cole

    The Wall Street Journal Reports on a study that indicates a new grid could cost $100 billion. This article says that 15,000 miles of new transmission lines would be required and that federal intervention might be used due to lawsuits. New Grid for Renewable Energy Could Be Costly – WSJ.com. My feeling is that we might want…

  • Transmission lies

    Ken Cole

    Against the so-called ‘need’ for new long-distance, high-voltage transmission lines Transmission lies Grist Environmental News and Commentary Carol A. Overland posits the idea that a new electrical grid is “an enabler of dysfunctional energy planning and profit-driven projects that are against the public interest.”

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