Major American utility pledges to carbon-free energy by 2050 Xcel Energy announced Monday it has committed to going carbon-free by the year 2050 - a first for a major American utility. In addition, the company wants to cut carbon emissions 80 percent by 2030. The company serves 3.6 million people across eight states. The company [...]
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5 Tips to Safely Live Near Ohio Mines
1) Know the location of your local abandoned mines...if you can ODNR provides maps and data on known abandoned mine locations, but the data is not perfect. In addition, many mines in their data are listed in "unknown" or "partially-known" extent, meaning that complete data is not available, though some evidence of a mine has [...]
The Proposed Lake Erie Wind Farm: What You Need to Know
What is the project? Icebreaker Wind is touting itself as a revolutionary and forward-thinking project that would create the first freshwater wind farm in the country, the first offshore wind farm in the Great Lakes and the second offshore wind farm in the country. It would place a wind farm in Lake Erie, about 8 [...]
Ohio’s Politicians on the Issues: Energy
Gov. John Kasich Kasich has been notable for his continued support of renewable energy regulations, even as members of his party attempt to weaken them. In late 2016, he vetoed a legislation that would have made state renewable standards voluntary for the next two years. Kasich has urged lawmakers and future office holders to stop [...]
Rare Earth Elements: A Secondary Use for Mines
Environmental waste from coal mines and developing phones do not seem to be two related things, but in the past few years, scientists have discovered that coal is not the only resource that can be harvested from mines. Some have found value in collecting items called Rare Earth Elements or REE’s. These metals are best [...]
3 Graphs to Help You Understand Energy in Ohio
Between renewable, non-renewable and a plethora of other energy variants, sometimes it is easy to get mixed up in what "energy in Ohio" actually means. Because of that, I created these three graphs to give a quick snapshot of energy in the state. Coal still plays a big part Long thought dying and surpassed by [...]
5 Unique and Obscure Alternative Energy Solutions That Actually Exist
When one thinks of "alternative energy," most are immediately drawn to images of wind farms, solar power, rushing water or geothermal devices. But the truth is that alternative energy can come from the least expected places. All it takes to develop an alternative energy is a need and an idea. Most of those ideas came [...]
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