Archive for July 22nd, 2008
Clean energy needs transmission
An editorial from the Wisconsin State Journal: High-powered transmission lines don’t produce energy. They simply move it around to help keep people’s lights on. Big transmission lines also can transfer clean energy just as easily as they can carry power from the dirtiest coal-fired generators. Those are points many opponents of a 32-mile to 55-mile, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Wind turbine part plant to employ 355 in Elgin
From a story by Harry Hitzeman in the Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL): A producer of wind turbine gear drivers is planning to build a new plant in Elgin, creating 355 new jobs. City leaders and officials at Georgia-based Siemens Energy and Automation announced Monday plans for a $20 million, 170,000-square-foot plant on Elgin’s far [...]
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