Green Living Guy

MARCH 28, 2022

That’s why hair dryers have huge tags on them warning consumers about electric shock and why some people won’t shower during a thunderstorm. Hydropower plants harness the force of water to run […]. Because of the minerals and natural chemicals dissolved in water, it’s an excellent conductor for electricity.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 5, 2024

Hydropower dams provide reliable renewable energy, but they also have a direct impact on the environment, especially fish. Knowing when high spill levels best support fish passage—and when they don’t—provides options for balancing the tradeoffs associated with hydropower generation and environmental impacts. CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE.

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Planet Pulse

MAY 15, 2020

The transition to PlanetScope data increased the resolution of the imagery previously utilized for the basemaps, and did so without the large price tag that can often accompany tasking satellites that collect higher resolution imagery.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 27, 2020

utilities seeking to decarbonize their generation fleets while avoiding the multibillion-dollar price tags and construction and budget overrun problems that have doomed most of the large-scale reactors planned for the United States and continue to dog the sole remaining project now underway, Southern Company's Vogtle expansion.

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 30, 2021

Please help amplify this message by sharing it and tagging @CoveringClimate and using the hashtag #CCNow. This story originally appeared in The Guardian and is republished here as part of Covering Climate Now , a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Its carbon-free portfolio includes nuclear power supplying about one-third of its generation needs, and just over 5 percent renewable, most of that hydropower and biomass. The clean energy it will deliver will also be a critical component for the utility to meet future carbon-reduction goals. The SCC would have to approve Dominion’s 2.6-gigawatt

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