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The Growing Wind Industry in Tennessee

This blog was co-authored by Simon Mahan. This is the fourth blog in a series of five where the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy will be highlighting states throughout our region and…

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The Growing Wind Industry in Kentucky

This blog was co-authored by Simon Mahan. This is the second of five blogs in a series where the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy will be highlighting states throughout our region and…

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The Growing Wind Industry in North Carolina

This blog was co-authored by Katie Stokes. This is the first of five blogs in a series where the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy will be highlighting states throughout our region and…

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House cuts vital rural energy programs, their fate lies in the Senate

Contributors: Sam Gomberg, John Bonitz, Anne Blair Disappointing news came out of the House of Representatives’ Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee on Wednesday concerning energy programs for America's rural businesses and farms. The Rural…

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Data Centers Move to Southeast Driven by Access to Cheap, Dirty Energy

Sometime this summer, Apple will open the doors on a 500,000 square foot data center in Maiden, NC. Lured to the location by a $46 million dollar tax break from the state…

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Steady Breeze Brings Jobs to North Carolina

This blog was co-authored by former SACE staff Katie Stokes & Glenn Mauney. There's wind in the North Carolina desert!  OK, it's not really a desert.  An area in Perquimans and Pasquotank…

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Wind Study Started in Sewanee

Not everybody gets the opportunity to watch a crane lift people 100 feet in the air and call it work. I recently had such an opportunity on a trip to Sewanee, Tennessee…

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TVA Seeks Comments on Environmental Assessment of Ashley Wind Farm

TVA is accepting comments through December 4 on the draft environmental assessment for the construction of the Ashley Wind Energy Project. TVA plans to purchase the wind energy generated from the Ashley wind…

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In-Valley renewables missing from TVA draft Integrated Resource Plan

TVA's draft Integrated Resource Plan is missing something: a serious commitment to developing the Valley's renewable energy resources.  With significant solar, bioenergy and wind resources available throughout the TVA territory, these resources,…

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New Tax Credit for CHP in North Carolina

This post was authored by former SACE staffer, Glenn Mauney. On August 2nd, North Carolina Governor Beverly Perdue signed into law HB 1829, an expanded Combined Heat and Power (CHP) and renewable…