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A Florida utility ditches coal, doubles its solar, and leaves out a big part of its story

Electrek

Florida utility Tampa Electric Co. has announced it will retire three coal units and double its solar output within two years. more… The post A Florida utility ditches coal, doubles its solar, and leaves out a big part of its story appeared first on Electrek.

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DOE NETL selects 12 fossil-fuel power systems projects for funding

Green Car Congress

General Electric Company. will partner with GE Global Research, EPRI, Southern Company, American Electric Power and FirstEnergy to design and test a high temperature nickel-based superalloy thick-walled header for cycling and flexible plant operation in new and existing plants. Electric Power Research Institute, Inc.

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Florida has no wind turbines but it’s going to ban them anyway

Baua Electric

The Sunshine State is a US solar power leader. First, something that made me giggle – the bill defines a wind turbine as a tower, rotor, and blades “capable of producing more than 10 kilowatts of electrical power.” (So, That’s why Florida has no wind farms – either onshore or offshore. So what’s the point of this straw man ban, anyway?

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