Articles by
Herman K. Trabish
New campaign will ask coal users to face the ‘cold hard economic case’ against them
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Herman K. Trabish
With 150 GW of U.S. coal set to remain in service after 2020, the Rocky Mountain Institute aims to prove the resource is raising electricity costs.
5 maps that show where the action is on solar policy
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Herman K. Trabish
Sometimes one stat is all it takes: 46 of the 50 states had solar policy debates going on in 2015. That makes solar literally the talk of the nation.
Exelon needs to nearly double power prices to keep Ginna nuclear plant open
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Herman K. Trabish
The utility says 2016 forecasts show it will require $71 per MWh to earn an 11% return from the 581 MW plant in upstate New York, and $56 to $64 per MWh to break even.
Study: Rural communities embrace wind power development
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Herman K. Trabish
Residents in two South Dakota counties expressed satisfaction with the opportunities wind development brought to their communities by two very different wind projects. Of 238 respondents, divided between the two sites, some 91% expressed support for local wind energy, according to a survey done by South Dakota State University researchers.
Greentech Media: GE’s Space Frame (Truss) Tower
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Herman K. Trabish
GE's enclosed-lattice, five-legged space frame prototype, sited at the company's Tehachapi, California facility, is 97 meters tall . . .