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Caltrans, Sacramento utility partner on Greenergy renewable resource program
The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) have partnered on the cityâs Greenergy program to supply the agency with electricity from renewable resources to power traffic signals, highway lighting and buildings in the area. SMUD, the nationâs sixth-largest, community-owned electric service provider, is a not-for-profit electric service and is [âŚ]
October 20, 2016
Construction Equipment
Energy expert, journalist Robert Bryce extolls virtues of fossil fuels over renewable energy in Construction Symposium keynote
As the keynote speaker for the Equipment Worldâs Construction Symposium Thursday morning, Robert Bryce denounced a plethora of environmental myths while extolling the virtues of fossil based energy sources. Addressing the audience of construction contractors and equipment fleet managers, Bryce, author of âPower Hungry: The Myths of Green Energy and the Real Fuels of the Future,â [âŚ]
August 23, 2013
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Report: renewables will lead to blackouts in the greenest state
This is what happens when politics trump engineering. California is being warned of impending blackouts because thereâs insufficient electrical generating capacity on cloudy, windless days to make the solar and wind farms work. When you let ideology overtake reality these sorts of things are bound to happen. Wind and solar power have a role to [âŚ]
March 1, 2013
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Construction of worldâs largest thermal solar plant, makes for paradox
In a very interesting intersection of art and construction, the worldâs largest concentrated solar thermal power plant is currently under construction and has made for some stunning photography. The Ivanpah Solar plant is being built in the Mojave Desert, NPR reports. Recently, photographer Jamey Stillings, who has documented the solar plantâs construction, shared some of [âŚ]
January 10, 2013
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