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Friday, February 21, 2014
Tech / Travel Found the damndest thing in Delta: ECG Utah Solar 1
Posted By Desiree Kane on Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 10:03 AM
I've been a field producer on local independent journalist/CL contributor Rhiannon Fionn's investigative documentary project called Coal Ash Chronicles for the past two or so years. Back in November, the project took video journalist Kevin J. Beaty and I out to Delta, Utah, to do a profile piece on nearby Millard County's Intermountain Power Project's coal ash beneficial re-use practices. While we were out in the desert, we found the damndest thing: ECG Utah Solar 1. It's a 300MW solar power facility in the works that is tapping into a coal power plant's infrastructure to bring renewable energy to six municipalities in Southern California, L.A. being the largest.
Considering North Carolina's coal ash woes, thanks to the massive Duke Energy spill into the Dan River a couple of weeks ago, West Virginia's before and after that, ECG Utah Solar 1 offers a model for communities beginning to actively look past coal power. We decided to take a second trip back to Millard County just to cover the creation of what will one day be one of the nation's largest solar power plants. Here's what we found.:
Friday, February 14, 2014
Travel / Tech Massive solar energy spill grips California!: Ivanpah Solar Project opens
Sunshine was seen dripping everywhere as the world's largest solar power plant promises to power 140,000 homes
Posted By Desiree Kane on Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 12:22 PM
During the madness of the Duke Energy coal ash spill into the Dan River, some good energy news emerges. Ivanpah Solar Project, the world's largest photovoltaic solar plant, opened yesterday, promising to power 140,000 homes with renewable energy.
Friday, February 7, 2014
Tech Call for beta testers for Next Glass
Posted By Desiree Kane on Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 2:21 PM
Who doesn't love a good call for beta testers? In my opinion, being a beta tester is one of the best parts of technology: the opportunity to shape the things that interest us. Next Glass, the up-and-coming Wilmington, N.C., startup/appdev company that offers suggestions on wine and beer selections based on science from data the user provides about what they like. They've got a call out for beta testers, and for those of us who like a good nightcap, this is a super fun, get-in-while-you-can, opportunity to shape what has potential to be a really helpful app.
