Monthly Archives: March 2009
Why does GPACE support a veto of 2014?
Why does GPACE oppose the bill? It’s not comprehensive energy policy, it doesn’t establish regulatory certainty, and it misses the mark for financial responsibility. Continue reading
What kind of energy plan would GPACE support?
The Climate and Energy Project of The Land Institute (CEP) is actually taking the long view on energy policy. They are not concerned with only one utility service area, one fuel source, or one economic sector. They are analyzing best practices regarding energy policy from around the country. Continue reading
The Fight Plan for Clean Air
The Environmental Protection Agency, about to declare heat-trapping gases to be dangerous pollutants, has embarked on one of the most ambitious regulatory challenges in history. Continue reading
New GE products promise to boost wind turbine output
Engineering giant claims new control system will make it easier to integrate wind farms with the grid. Continue reading
Kansas must move fast to harness wind energy boom, experts say
Forty newly activated light-gray turbines in the Flat Ridge I wind farm stretch across 6,000 acres of wheat fields and prairie. Because the turbines are so out-of-proportion to the landscape, it’s hard to grasp their scale until you see what looks like a toy pickup truck standing beside one. Continue reading
GPACE Director Scott Allegrucci’s comments from Clean Energy Day
Scott’s speech from the rally. Continue reading
Go, clean energy backers tell lawmakers
They seek action on solar, wind power even as coal bill nears completion. Continue reading
Several hundred rally outside Kansas Capitol against coal-plant legislation
Several hundred people Thursday rallied outside the Capitol to oppose a bill that would allow construction of two 700-megawatt coal-burning power plants. Continue reading
Coal losing favor
In the March 9 edition of USA Today, I saw a large picture of the Jeffery Energy Center’s coal-burning power plant belching black smoke. Beside the picture was an article about proposed coal-fired plants across the nation. Continue reading
Anti-coal groups converge on KS Statehouse
A couple hundred Kansas rallied on the Statehouse grounds today to protest legislation that would resurrect those two Western Kansas coal plants. Continue reading
