Tag Archives: Green Jobs

The Abounding Promise of Solar Energy #rsrh

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Steve Maley

From Human Events: Well, yesterday, The Denver Post detailed the criminal investigation of Abound Solar, a defunct solar-panel manufacturer in Colorado that was run on taxpayer “investments,” for securities fraud, consumer fraud and financial misrepresentation. Abound shuttered its Colorado plant during the … Continue reading →

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It’s Not Easy Going Green, Part II

Posted on July 17, 2011 by Steve Maley

This week, American Electric Power scuppered plans for a $668 million carbon sequestration project at the utility’s Mountaineer Power Plant in West Virgina. The Mountaineer project had been heralded as the flagship of “clean coal” technology: the process involves using … Continue reading →

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It’s Not Easy Going Green

Posted on July 4, 2011 by Steve Maley

It sounded like such a good idea. Back in 2009, NRG Energy Inc. hatched a plan to “go green” using switchgrass and sorghum as boiler fuel supplement. It was hoped that it might replace up to 10% of the coal … Continue reading →

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