Tag Archives: sustainable energy
Wind Energy Sector Adds Kansas Jobs
Jupiter Group plans to move into 41,000 square feet of existing space and be operating by Aug. 1. Initially the facility will have 15 to 30 employees and over the next few years could see up to 100 additional workers. The company is making a $2.4 million investment. Continue reading
Midwest Turns to Wind Turbines
The wind-energy industry last year installed 5,700 new turbines with more than 10,000 megawatts of generating capacity — enough to serve more than 2.4 million homes — said the American Wind Energy Association. Continue reading
Is Texas Writing the Book on Wind Power?
In the Panhandle, gusts reached 47 miles per hour and wind generators delivered a record 6,242 megawatts of power to Dallas, Austin and other population centers. At 1 p.m., 22 percent of all the electricity consumed in the Texas grid was coming from wind. Continue reading
What Are We Fighting For? (Part 7)
Well, if it’s not about the jobs, or energy needs, or exporting electricity, what is the proposed Sunflower Electric coal plant about? Exactly. If the proposed coal plant is not the best available way to address jobs, energy needs, or economic development, why would most Kansans support it? Continue reading
What Are We Fighting For? (Part 6)
Speaking of renewable energy, don’t we need the coal plant to get transmission lines so that we can export our wind energy? No, absolutely not. The bulk of the transmission that would come as part of the coal plant project would be to move electricity from the plant to its primary owners in Colorado – not to improve or enhance the overall transmission grid in Kansas. Continue reading
What Are We Fighting For? (Part 3)
All right, but don’t we need a new coal plant to “keep the lights on” in Western Kansas? No, we don’t. Continue reading
What Are We Fighting For? (Part 2)
Okay then, Parkinson guaranteed Sunflower a permit, so it’s a done deal, right? No sense in continuing to fight it. No, again. Continue reading
Colo. gas-coal fight could preview national battle
DENVER — A plan to clean up Colorado’s air is pitting two powerful industries — natural gas and coal — against each other in what could be a warm-up for a national fight over how to confront climate change. Continue reading
